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GARDNER, GORDON ANDREW WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR APRIL 20, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
GORDON WAS BORN FEBRUARY 2, 1911 AT REID HILL TO WILLIAM AND ROBERTA LEE GARDNER. HE GREW UP IN OREGON. AFTER RETURNING TO ALBERTA GORDON MARRIED MARGARET JEAN WARDEN ON NOVEMBER 25, 1937, THE FIRST WEDDING IN THE VULCAN CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST. FOLLOWING THEIR MARRIAGE THEY MOVED TO SYLVAN LAKE WHERE GORDON FARMED WITH HIS FATHER. IN 1947 THEY MOVED SOUTHWEST OF KIRKALDY AND BEGAN FARMING. IN 1954 THEY MOVED TO FARM IN THE REID HILL DISTRICT.

SMART, HELEN DUNCAN, “SHEILA”, OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH CANCER APRIL 12, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA, AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, PETER SMART OF CHAMPION, A DAUGHTER SANDRA (MICHAEL) O’NEILL OF PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., A SON STEWART (KIMBERLEY) SMITH OF NEW MARKERT, ONTARIO, TWO STEPDAUGHTERS SHIRLEY (LYLE) BROWN AND VALERIE SMART OF EDMONTON, TWO STEPSONS BRIAN SMART OF LOUSANA AND CALVIN (NORMA) SMART OF EDMONTON, NINE GRANDCHILDREN MELANIE, SIOBHAN, KEVIN, TAYLOR McKENZIE, KIMBERLEY, KARRIE, KEVIN, THERESA, NICOLE (BURAM), TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND HER SPECIAL

ETHEL LENORA BANKS, PROMINENT AND WELL LOVED LONGTIME RESIDENT OF VULCAN, PASSED AWAY MARCH 27, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
ETHEL WAS BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1912 AT PLEASINGTON, ALBERTA TO KNUTE OBERG AND NETTIE FOSSEN. THE THIRD CHILD OF SIX BOYS AND THREE GIRLS, WHICH INCLUDED TWO SETS OF MALE TWINS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FORESTBURG. ETHEL WAS ACTIVE IN SPORTS FROM AN EARLY AGE, AND THIS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. WHILE ATTENDING NORMAL SCHOOL, SHE AND HER SISTER, INGA, WERE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY PLAYED AGAINST THE EDMONTON UNIVERSITY GRADETTES. SHE EARNED

JOHN HENRY “JACK” DOUGLAS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME IN ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA MARCH 4, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS.
JACK WAS BORN JANUARY 27, 1915 AT BANFF, ALBERTA, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND BEGAN WORKING AT THE BANFF SPRINGS BOTH IN THE HOTEL AND ON THE GOLF COURSE. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, JACK ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY AND SERVED IN EUROPE. HE RETURNED FIVE YEARS LATER AND BEGAN WORKING AS A MAINTENANCE FOREMAN AT LAKE LOUISE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. JACK RETIRED AND MOVED TO ARROWWOOD IN THE EARLY 1970’S WHERE HE HAS RESIDED EVER

VELMA MAY KOCH, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 24, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
VELMA WAS BORN JANUARY 7, 1920 IN WOODSTOCK, NEW BRUNSWICK, TO WALLACE AND ISADORA CHASE. SHE WAS RAISED IN THE WOODSTOCK AREA WITH HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS. IN 1943 SHE MARRIED WILBUR PORTER, TOGETHER THEY RESIDED AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY IN THE ST. STEPHEN AREA. VELMA WORKED AS A COOK AT A RESTAURANT AND IN 1965 WILBUR PASSED AWAY. IN 1967 VELMA MOVED TO VULCAN AND WORKED AS A COOK AT THE PETER DAWSON LODGE AND WORKED AT THE LEGION. SHE MET AND

JAMES CLARENCE “JIM” MCCLUSKEY FORMERLY OF LACOMBE, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT ROCKY VIEW HOSPITAL, CALGARY FEBRUARY 20, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 55 YEARS.
JIM WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1942 AT GRAND FALLS, NEW BRUNSWICK. HE MARRIED KATHLEEN “KAY” NORTHEY ON JUNE 13, 1964. THEY RESIDED IN OKOTOKS FOR MANY YEARS WHERE JIM WAS EMPLOYED WITH ROBERT HUNT CORPORATION, WELDWOOD AND VARIOUS OTHER COMPANIES. HE MOVED HIS FAMILY TO LACOMBE WHERE HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS OF SUNWOOD WINDOWS AND DOORS LTD. WHICH HE HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE UNTIL HIS PASSING.
JIM LOVED HIS FAMILY, HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED WATCHING HIS CHILDREN PARTICIPATE

CUTFORTH,  ARTHUR QUINCEY “ART” OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY , SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE FEBRUARY 5, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
ARTHUR WAS BORN ON THE FAMILY FARM HOME NEAR BARONS, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 17, 1909. HE WAS THE FIRST OF TEN CHILDREN BORN TO FRANK AND EVA CUTFORTH. ARTHUR ATTENDED GARDEN PRAIRIE SCHOOL, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT CLARESHOLM AND SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN CALGARY.
IN 1937 HE MARRIED IRENE OHLER OF CARMANGAY AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE BARONS DISTRICT. IN 1944 THEY PURCHASED THE ISAAC JACOBSON FARM NORTH OF VULCAN. ARTHUR RAN

SAMUEL JESSE “SAM” FRANCIS, FORMERLY OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST ON FEBRUARY 5, I998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
SAM WAS BORN SEPTEMBER I 1, 1902 NEAR WESTBORO, MISSOURI, U.S.A. HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS MILTON W AND MARGARET V FRANCIS TO THE GLADYS RIDGE DISTRICT IN I904 AND MOVED ON TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE MAJORVILLE AREA IN 1912. SAM ATTENDED LIBERTY SCHOOL AND HELPED AT HOME AND ON THE NEIGHBOUR’S THRESHING MACHINES IN THE FALL. IN 1925 THEIR HOME BURNED DOWN AND THE FAMILY RETURNED TO HIS

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

LESLIE WAYNE “LES” CHAMBERS, OF LOMOND, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER JANUARY 26, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 41 YEARS.
LESLIE WAS BORN MAY 27, 1956 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING IN LOMOND AND VULCAN. IN 1973 HE MOVED TO CALGARY WERE HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF CALGARY FOR ELEVEN YEARS. LES RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM AND LATER MOVED TO THE MYERS FARM WHERE HE HAS RESIDED UNTIL HIS PASSING. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS LES KNITTED BARBIE DOLL DRESSES FOR HIS SISTERS AND PLAYED HOCKEY. HE LOVED