ELIZABETH “LILLIAN” LIL STEPHENS OF ARROWWOOD, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AUGUST 19, 2000 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
LIL WAS BORN DECEMBER 21, 1924 AT SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN TO MATHEW AND ELLEN MAGILL. SHE ATTENDED KING GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND LEARNED TO TAP DANCE AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WORKED FOR A SHORT TIME AT THE SANATORIUM BEFORE SHE MET DONALD RAYMOND STEPHENS IN 1942 AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN JUNE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1945 BUILT A HOUSE ON 21ST AVENUE AND LATER MOVED TO NORTHMOUNT CRESCENT. UPON DONALD’S RETIREMENT THEY MOVED TO LANTZVILLE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND IN OCTOBER OF 1977 AND HE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY OF 1978. LIL RETURNED TO CALGARY IN 1988 THEN MOVED TO ARROWWOOD IN 1993 TO BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY, WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
LIL LOVED HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, SHE ENJOYED NEEDLE CRAFTS, AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH FABRIC.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION AT LANTZVILLE, B.C.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS SHARON (KEVIN) SIMON, COLLEEN (BRUCE) WALKER ALL OF ARROWWOOD, A SON DALE (JUDY) OF McBRIDE, B.C. FIVE GRANDCHILDREN JEANETTE PARKER, JODY TORRANCE, JAMES, JOEY AND KEVIN SIMON, EIGHT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN CHELAYNNE, CORY, CAYLEIGH, CYDNEE, ERIC, KYLE, TASHA AND KORRI, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
LIL WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND DONALD AND THREE BROTHERS MICKEY, SANDY AND JIMMY AND A SISTER AGNES WILLIAMS.
FUNERAL SERVICE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23, 2000 AT 1:30 P.M. AT ARROWWOOD UNITED CHURCH WITH ROB MOORE D.M. OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT ARROWWOOD CEMETERY.
CASKET BEARERS WERE KEV SIMON, KEVIN Jr, JAMES SIMON, MIKE PARKER, JOHN TORRANCE AND BRUCE WALKER.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN LIL’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE LADIES AUXILIARY BOX 299, VULCAN, TOL 2BO, STARS AIR AMBULANCE 1441 AVIATION PARK N.E. BOX 570 CALGARY, T2E 8M7 OR VULCAN & DISTRICT AMBULANCE SERVICE BOX 299 VULCAN, TOL 2BO.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.