VERA MAE STEWART, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 4, 1998 AT VULCAN HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
VERA WAS BORN JULY 2, 1919 IN VULCAN, ALBERTA TO JACK AND ETHEL MARTIN. SHE WAS RAISED ON THE FAMILY FARM AND ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MOSSLEIGH. VERA MARRIED ROY STEWART FEBRUARY 22, 1941 IN CALGARY AT THE KNOX UNITED CHURCH. TOGETHER THEY F ARMED IN THE MOSSLEIGH DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AFTER LEAVING THE FARM THEY MOVED TO MOSSLEIGH UNTIL 1957, WHEN ROY PASSED AWAY. VERA AND JIM THEN MOVED TO VULCAN AND THEN TO LETHBRIDGE FOR A SHORT TIME. IN 1987 SHE MOVED TO THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE. VERA LOVED HER FAMILY AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. SHE ALSO LOVED CATS, MUSIC AND LISTENING TO THE SINGING GROUPS WHEN THEY CAME TO PERFORM AT EXTENDICARE, SHE ALSO ATTENDED CHURCH SERVICE THERE AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYED GAR MILNAR.
VERA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND ROY, FOUR BROTHERS JOHN, GORDON, KEN AND HIS WIFE LENORE MARTIN AND LINDEN MARTIN, THREE BROTHERS~IN-LAW REG STEIN, EARL LARSON, CARSON LOVE, A SPECIAL NEPHEW
AND FRIEND JESSIE MIDDLETON AND HER PARENTS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON JIM STEWART OF RAYMOND, FIVE SISTERS ROSE STEIN, MARJORIE (ROGER) MIDDLETON, RITA LOVE ALL OF VULCAN, VIVIAN LARSON OF WHITEROCK, B.C. AND WILMA THOMAS OF MERRITT, B.C., TWO BROTHERS~IN-LAW TROY MARTIN OF CALGARY, STANLEY (GLADYS) MARTIN OF SURREY, B.C. AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY FEBRUARY 9, I998 AT 10:30 A.M. AT ST. ALDHELM’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, VULCAN WITH GAR MILNER L.M. OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT QUEENS PARK CEMETERY, CALGARY AT 3:00 P.M.
CASKET BEARERS JIM STEWART, MAURICE DITTO, BILL SMITH, ED ANDERSON DAVID KAUPP AND GLEN SCHMEELKE.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN VERA’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, TELEPHONE 485-2633.