ROSENKRANZ, GERTRUDE EMMA MARIE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 5, 1992 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
GERTRUDE WAS BORN AT WESTFALIA, GERMANY FEBRUARY 13, 1895. SHE CAME TO CANADA IN 1914. IN 1916 SHE MARRIED JOHN ROSENKRANZ OF CARMANGAY. THEY LIVED ON HIS HOMESTEAD WHERE THEY RAISED THE FAMILY.
SHE WAS VERY TALENTED WHICH MADE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER, RAISING NINE CHILDREN THROUGH THE DEPRESSION YEARS. SHE DID A LOT OF SEWING AND KNITTING FOR HER CHILDREN. SHE ALSO KEPT A LARGE GARDEN AND RAISED POULTRY, ALONG WITH HER OTHER CHORES. AS THE YEARS WENT BY AND THE FAMILY MOVED AWAY, SHE HAD MANY HOBBIES, OIL PAINTING, CROCHET, CROSS-STITCH PICTURES AND KNITTING WHICH SHE WAS ABLE TO DO UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THESE ITEMS WILL BE LONG TREASURED BY HER LOVING FAMILY.
BELOVED MOTHER OF SEVEN DAUGHTERS EMMA GLOER OF KELOWNA, MARIE (JIM) COOLE OF LETHBRIDGE, GERTRUDE FULOP OF CALGARY, ELSIE ROSENKRANZ OF CALGARY, LEONA AKITT OF VULCAN, EVELYN ROSS OF LETHBRIDGE AND ROSEMARIE (LOUIE) VISOCCHI OF BANFF, TWO SONS JOHN (PAULINE) ROSENKRANZ OF CARMANGAY AND BILL (LEAH) ROSENKRANZ OF PONOKA, TWENTY-TWO GRAND CHILDREN, FORTY-SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTEEN GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER-IN-LAW ROSEL WOLGIEN IN GERMANY.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN IN 1943, HER PARENTS, TWO BROTHERS, TWO STEP BROTHERS, A GRANDSON ELDON AKITT, TWO SONS-IN- LAW TOM ROSS AND BERT AKITT.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1992 AT 1:30 P.M. AT CHAMPION UNITED CHURCH WITH FRANK JOHNSON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT BOWVILLE CEMETERY.
HONOURARY PALLBEARERS JOHN FREMSTAD, WILLIAM HOFFARTH, EMERICK LACZO, JAMES MINTY, ALBERT ROSS, LLOYD ANDERSON AND RONALD SVANES.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS DUANE ROSENKRANZ, KEVIN ROSENKRANZ, BRIAN ROSENKRANZ, TIM ROSENKRANZ, ROBERT GLOER AND LLOYD GLOER.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION, 451 SANDMAN PLAZA LETH. T1J 3L8.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, 1-403-485-2633.