GERALDINE FRANCES SPEER, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AUGUST 10, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS.
GERRY WAS BORN MAY 17, 1922 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA TO LEO AND PAULINE SPANKE. SHE RECEIVED HER GRADE SCHOOLING IN VULCAN. IN 1939 SHE ATTENDED OLDS AGRICULTURE COLLEGE, GRADUATING IN 1940. IN 1942 SHE MARRIED HOWARD FOSTER AND HAD THREE CHILDREN TOGETHER. HOWARD PASSED AWAY IN 1965. A FEW YEARS LATER GERRY MARRIED ALLYN SPEER. IN 1983 ALLYN PASSED AWAY AND GERRY STAYED IN HER HOME FOR TEN YEARS UNTIL HER HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL. IN 1993 SHE MOVED TO THE WHEAT COUNTRY HOMES IN VULCAN WHERE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE EVER SINCE.
GERRY ENJOYED CROCHETING AND KNITTING, PROVIDING HER FAMILY WITH TREASURES TO LAST THEM A LIFETIME. SHE ALSO ENJOYED READING, PLAYING CARDS AND BOARD GAMES. GERRY WAS A LOVING AND CARING PERSON ASSISTING FRIENDS AND FAMILY BY BABYSITTING. FOR SEVERAL YEARS SHE LOOKED AFTER SEVERAL CHILDREN FROM HER COMMUNITY.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO SONS RONALD (BERYL) FOSTER OF BRAMPTON, ONTARIO AND DAVID (CAROLYN) FOSTER OF SHERWOOD PARK, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AUNTIE TOODIE OF CALGARY, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, TWO SPECIAL FRIENDS BETH DALLMAN AND LOUISE DAVIS, BOTH OF VULCAN.
GERRY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER FIRST HUSBAND HOWARD FOSTER , SECOND HUSBAND ALLYN SPEER, DAUGHTER MARILYN BAKOS , BROTHER LYLE SPANKE, SISTER LEONA (HOWARD) MARCELLUS AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL MASS MONDAY AUGUST 16, 1999 AT 1:30 P.M. WITH FR.WALTER KREWSKI CELEBRANT.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE LOUISE DAVIS, LOIS LEADBEATER, BETTY PENNEY, TRICIA GRANT, DAWNA HILZ, KATHY HAGA, BETH DALLMAN. AND LYDIA WINTERS.
CASKET BEARERS WERE KEN SPANKE, LLOYD BRUINS, RODNEY SPEER, DWAYNE DALLMAN, DOUG GRANT AND RAY BAGOZZI.
INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN GERRY’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION #114, 1212- 1 ST. S. E. CALGARY T2G OG8 OR THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF CANADA CALGARY CHAPTER #238, 2116-27 AVE. N.E. CALGARY T2E 7A6.
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