SPEER, NEVA LAURINE, PASSED AWAY JANUARY 4, 1990 AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
NEVA WAS BORN AT CORDOVA, ILLINOIS AND CAME TO THE VULCAN DISTRICT ABOARD AN IMMIGRANT TRAIN AT THE AGE OF TEN YEARS. SHE MARRIED FRANCIS WINTER SPEER ON NOVEMBER 24, 1919 AND THEY FARMED IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT. SHE WORKED AS COOK PUTTING THE MEALS OUT FOR THE WORK CREWS ON BOTH THE FARM AND LATER WITH THE COUNTY OF VULCAN, THEN WORKED FOR A WHILE AT THE OLD VULCAN HOSPITAL. NEVA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO MOVE INTO THE WHEAT COUNTRY HOMES, THEN IN JULY OF THIS PAST YEAR, SHE MOVED TO HIGH RIVER WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
SHE LOVED THE OUTDOORS, SPORTS, SEWING, HANDICRAFTS AND ESPECIALLY GARDENING. SHE REALLY ENJOYED THE FARM AND ALL THE FARM ANIMALS. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND MEETING PEOPLE.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER MARGUERITE WINEVA MCLAUGHLIN OF CALGARY, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER ADON (LOLA) FORSYTH, A SISTER LIALA (JERRY) CLAUGHESY, A NIECE AND TWO NEPHEWS IN LAVERNE, CALIFORNIA.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND WINTER IN 1968, TWO SONS ORVILLE IN 1957 AND ALLYN IN 1983, A DAUGHTER EILEEN HONEYMAN IN 1984, A GRANDDAUGHTER PATRICIA SPEER, A BROTHER RODNEY FORSYTH, A SISTER MAYME BISHOP AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR NEVA WILL BE HELD MONDAY, JANUARY 8 AT 1:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN, WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY FAMILY PLOT.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE ALBERTA HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION, 1925 PARK ROAD SE, CALGARY, AB T2G 3Y6.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. 403-485-2633.