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LORRAINE ANNABELLE UELAND PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 19, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
LORRAINE WAS BORN JULY 31, 1908 IN TRACY, MINNESOTA. SHE WAS ADOPTED WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG BY ROBERT AND BLANCHE PLUNKETT, AFTER HER MATERNAL PARENTS WERE KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. IN 1910 HER FAMILY MOVED TO A HOMESTEAD EAST OF LOMOND. SHE ATTENDED DUFFERIN SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE AND THEN HELPED HER MOTHER WITH THE THRESHING CREW. LORRAINE CONTINUED TO WORK AS A HOUSEKEEPER FOR RUSSELL MILLS FAMILY, IN MILO AND WINTER MONTHS IN CALGARY.
IN 1940 LORRAINE MARRIED OLAV “OLE” UELAND AND

EVELYN LUCILLE KENNEDY, PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 18, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE NURSING HOME, AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
EVELYN WAS BORN AT GRISWALD, IOWA, AUGUST 28, 1903. SHE CAME TO DINTON, ALBERTA IN MARCH 1904 WITH HER MOTHER MAGGIE, FATHER JOHN AND BROTHER RUSSELL. WHERE HER FATHER JOHN HOMESTEADED WITH HIS BROTHER. SHE ATTENDED HILLCREST SCHOOL, NORTH OF BLACKIE TO GRADE EIGHT. SHE WOULD RIDE HER PONY TO AND FROM SCHOOL, AND TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY SHE WOULD FALL OFF THE PONY, BECAUSE HER PONY WAS SPOOKED EASILY, BUT WOULD ALWAYS WAIT FOR HER, TO GET BACK ON

CHESTER ALLEN ARMEY, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 13, 1998 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
CHESTER WAS BORN DECEMBER 16, 1908 AT NANTON, ALBERTA.. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS FRANK AND NELLIE ARMEY AND FOUR SISTERS TO ARROWWOOD IN 1917. CHESTER ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL IN ARROWWOOD, AND HIGH SCHOOL IN PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE HE MAJORED IN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS. AFTER GRADUATION IN 1928, HE RETURNED TO ARROWWOOD TO HELP HIS FATHER ON THE FARM AND IN 1935 TOOK OVER THE OPERATION.
CHESTER MARRIED THURZA GATES IN 1939 AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED UNTIL THEY RETIRED IN

VERDA OPHELIA HONESS, FORMERLY OF LOMOND, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 100 YEARS.
VERDA MARRIED WILLIAM HONESS IN 1918, TOGETHER THEY FARMED THE HOMESTEAD EAST OF LOMOND. WILLIAM PASSED AWAY IN 1932 AND VERDA CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE FARM. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM’S BROTHER RUSSELL IN 1934 AND THEY CONTINUED FARMING EAST OF LOMOND UNTIL MOVING INTO TOWN IN 1966. RUSSELL PASSED AWAY IN 1974 AND VERDA REMAINED IN HER HOME UNTIL MOVING TO EXTENDICARE IN VULCAN IN 1991. SHE WAS THE OLDEST AND LONGEST RESIDENT AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING.
VERDA WAS A

GOLDIE “MAE” McMULLEN, FORMERLY OF THE UNION JACK DISTRICT, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 6, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
MAE WAS BORN APRIL 24, 1902 IN YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, TO LAWRENCE AND MARGARET JARRETT. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO HIGH RIVER THE SAME YEAR. MAE ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE, WHEN HER FATHER MOVED TO THE FARM, HER MOTHER AND MAE MOVED TO KINGS GATE, WHERE HER MOTHER WORKED. THEN HER YOUNGEST BROTHER CAME TO LIVE WITH THEM. THEN THEY MOVED TO CRANBROOK AND ON TO SPOKANE WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL OFF AND ON AND

JOSEPHINE “JO”BEINGESSNER, OF VULCAN, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 24, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
JO WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1906 AT SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA TO OLE AND JOHANNA GROVER. SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA AND LATER TO MANYBERRIES WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS. SHE BEGAN WORKING IN THE HOTEL AT MANYBERRIES, LOOKING AFTER THE ROOMS AND ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE. WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE REPUTATION AS “HELLO GIRL”. JO WORKED THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN MOVED TO CHAMPION TO WORK FOR HER SISTER-IN-LAW ON A FARM.. DURING

WILLIAM HIGSON, “BILL”LUCAS, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 4, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
BILL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1910 AT BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND TO THOMAS AND MARION LUCAS. HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY NINE MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN AND SO HE LIVED WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS. IN 1920 BILL AND HIS UNCLE ROBERT BOARDED A SHIP AND SAILED TO CANADA. THEY ARRIVED IN VULCAN ON THE TRAIN AND WERE MET BY HIS UNCLE JIMMY, WHO TOOK HIM TO BE WITH HIS FATHER ON THE FARM IN THE ARMADA DISTRICT. THERE HE MET HIS SECOND MOTHER MARY AND

EDITH FRANCES “EDO” ANDREWS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 30, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY.
EDITH WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1913 AT DUNDURN, SASKATCHEWAN TO HAROLD AND RHODA ROW. EDITH CAME BY HER NICK NAME AT AN EARLY AGE, HER BROTHER WAS UNABLE TO PRONOUNCE EDITH, SO HE CALLED HIS SISTER EDO AND THE NAME REMAINED WITH HER. EDO RODE HORSEBACK TO AND FROM SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A FEW MILES FROM THE FAMILY FARM. SHE LOVED HORSES AND LATER TAUGHT HER CHILDREN TO RIDE. AS A TEENAGER IN DUNDURN, EDO PLAYED HOCKEY

EMMA (GRACE) COCKWILL PASSED AWAY AUGUST 27, 1998 AT VULCAN.
GRACE WAS BORN JANUARY 19, 1915, SECOND CHILD OF SYDNEY AND ELLEN COCKWILL. SHE LIVED HER LIFE ON THE HOME FARM IN HER BELOVED BUFFALO HILLS. FOLLOWING HER FATHER’S DEATH, SHE LIVED WITH AND CARED FOR HER MOTHER.
GRACE LOVED ANIMALS BOTH WILD AND DOMESTIC. THROUGH THE YEARS SHE HAD SHEEP, CHICKENS, DUCKS, DOGS, CATS AND HORSES BUT HER MAIN INTEREST WAS HER HERD OF HEREFORD CATTLE. SHE ENJOYED RIDING IN THE HILLS CHECKING HER OWN CATTLE AS WELL AS THOSE OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. DURING SOME OF THOSE RIDES SHE VISITED

MARTHA MARIE MUELLER, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 20, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
MARTHA WAS BORN AT CARBON, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 6, 1917 TO GOTTLEIB AND JACOBEANA KRANZLER, WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE EIGHT. MARTHA BEGAN WORKING AT AN EARLY AGE FIRST WORKING FOR OTHER FARMERS IN THE THREE HILLS AREA AND SENDING HER PAY CHEQUE HOME TO HELP OUT THE FAMILY OF SEVEN. SHE CAME TO THE CHAMPION AREA TO WORK FOR LOUIS MUELLER, WHOM, TURNED OUT TO BE HER FATHER-IN-LAW. SHE MARRIED CLAUDE LOUIS MUELLER IN MARCH OF 1944 AND TOGETHER THEY WORKED THE