LAURA ALICE PALMER (NEE: HOUSE) OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA. PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA APRIL 14, 1995 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
LAURA WAS BORN MAY 12, 1921 AT MANYBERRIES, ALBERTA WERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS SHE WENT TO HIBBING, MINNESOTA WERE SHE FINISHED HER SCHOOLING. IN JULY OF 1940, SHE MARRIED ALBERT TREBER AND THEY RESIDED ON A FARM NEAR TABER FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO CALGARY. SHE RETURNED TO CHAMPION IN 1948 WHERE SHE WORKED WITH HER PARENTS AT THE HOTEL CAFE AND THEN RAN IT HERSELF FOR AWHILE. WHEN THE HIGHWAY WAS BEING BUILT PAST CHAMPION, SHE WENT TO WORK AS A COOK FOR M.E.L CONSTRUCTION FOR MANY YEARS, COOKING AND TRAVELLING WITH THE CREW SHE REFERRED TO AS “HER KIDS”. WHENEVER SHE HAD TIME OFF SHE WOULD RUSH BACK TO CHAMPION TO BE WITH HER FAMILY. DURING THE SIXTY’S TO BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY, SHE OPERATED DON RON CAFE IN VULCAN. THEN WENT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY TO OPERATE THE GULF SERVICE STATION AND CAFE. HER COOKING, ESPECIALLY HER PIES, WERE A GREAT FAVOURITE AND PEOPLE OFTEN STOPPED IN FOR PIE AND COFFEE.
SHE ALSO COOKED FOR THE COUNTY OF FOREMOST FOR A SHORT TIME. SHE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH HER LEGS FROM STANDING ALL DAY AND RETURNED TO CHAMPION WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
LAURA LOVED HER FAMILY AND LIVING CLOSE TO THEM SHE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED TIMES WITH HER DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN. LAURA WAS NOT ONE TO GO OUT AND SOCIALIZE, BUT SHE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED TALKING FOR HOURS AT A TIME WITH VISITORS, REMINISCING ONE ON ONE. NO ONE WENT AWAY WITH OUT HAVING SOMETHING TO EAT. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SHE BEGAN GOING OUT MORE, VISITING FAMILY AND JOINED SEVERAL LOCAL LADIES WHEN THEY WENT OUT FOR SOUP ON FRIDAYS.
LAURA ENJOYED THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS, PLANTS, THE WAY HER YARD LOOKED, COMPLETE WITH A LILY POND AND HER OWN APPEARANCE.
SHE LOVED PETS WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL CATS AND FINALLY, HER POODLE “JESSIE JAMES”. SHE WAS OUTSPOKEN AND ONE ALWAYS KNEW WERE YOU STOOD WITH HER AND WHAT HER OPINION WAS. ALTHOUGH SHE DIDN’T ALWAYS SHOW IT, SHE REALLY LOVED HER FAMILY AND THEY LOVED HER AND WILL MISS HER.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A LOVING DAUGHTER SHIRLEY (GEORGE) NORDQUIST OF LETHBRIDGE, TWO SISTERS LAVINA JENSEN OF CALGARY ANDFLORENCE STEWART OF HIGH RIVER, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS AUNT PEG BY HER NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
LAURA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FATHER EARL HOUSE IN DECEMBER 1965, HER MOTHER ELSIE HOUSE IN DECEMBER 1989, A TWIN DAUGHTER SHEILA ROSE LENS IN NOVEMBER 1980.
MEMORIAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY APRIL 19, 1995 AT 1:30 P.M. AT CHAMPION UNITED CHURCH WITH FRANK JOHNSON OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT TO FOLLOW AT THE VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL TRIBUTES COULD BE DIRECTED TO THE ALBERTA HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION 1011-2 AVE. SOUTH LETHBRIDGE, T1J 0L8.
CREMATION AND FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.