ISABEL ANNIE SELLAND RILLING, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
ISABEL WAS BORN AT LOMA, NORTH DAKOTA NOVEMBER 28, 1906 TO EDWIN AND RACHEL LAING THEY MOVED TO WINNIPEG WHERE ISABEL ATTENDED SCHOOL. THEN MOVED TO RETLAW AND THEN TO KIRKALDY, ALBERTA, WHERE ISABEL MET HENRY SELLAND, THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1926. THEY FARMED IN THE CHAMPION AREA UNTIL HENRY PASSED AWAY IN 1942. ISABEL MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE SHE MET AND LATER MARRIED WILLIAM “BILL” RILLING. THEY MOVED TO CHAMPION IN 1961 AND AFTER BILL’S DEATH IN 1980. SHE MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1983 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED FIRST AT THE WHEAT COUNTRY HOMES AND THIS PAST MAY AT THE LONG TERM CARE UNIT OF THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE.
ISABEL LOVED THE LORD AND HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE ENJOYED BAKING AND WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER BUTTER TARTS, BANANA CAKE AND HER GRANDSON SAID SHE MADE THE BEST HONEY SANDWICHES, SHE ALSO ENJOYED CROCHETING AND WATCHING FIGURE SKATING. THE THING SHE ENJOYED THE MOST WAS PLAYING PIANO, MOSTLY AT CHURCH AND AT THE HEALTH CENTRE.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A SON FRED (PEGGY) SELLAND OF CHAMPION, TWO STEP-SONS ADOLPH (ADELINE) RILLING OF THREE HILLS, EMIL (PHYLLIS)RILLING OF FLORIDA, THREE STEP-DAUGHTERS VIOLET, ESTHER AND LAVINA, TWO GRANDCHILDREN PHILIP (BRENDA) SELLAND OF VULCAN, ANNE (MICHAEL) FRANCIS OF HERBERT, SASKATCHEWAN, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JENNIFER AND STACEY SELLAND, AARON AND ANDREA FRANCIS, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, STEP-GRAND, STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SPECIAL FRIEND ELSIE TOMPKINS.
ISABEL WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND HENRY SELLAND , SECOND HUSBAND BILL RILLING, A BROTHER JOHN, THREE SISTERS MABEL, MARY, MARGARET, A STEP-DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE, A STEP-GRANDDAUGHTER DONNA AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 AT 10:30 A.M. AT PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY CHURCH, 433-4 ST. SOUTH VULCAN WITH PASTOR HANK ZANTINGE OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS WERE PHILIP SELLAND, FRANK CUTLER, DICK MIDDLETON, JOHN MIDDLETON, MICHAEL FRANCIS AND AARON FRANCIS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN ISABEL’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER WHEAT COUNTRY SPECIAL NEEDS SOCIETY (SODA) BOX 763 VULCAN, TOL 2BO, SALVATION ARMY 1218 2 AVE. S. LETHBRIDGE T1J OE4 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.