JOHN RANDLE “RANDY” STEINER WAS CALLED HOME TO HIS LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST AT CALGARY FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 18, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 50 YEARS.
RANDY WAS BORN FEBRUARY I7, 1947 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE RECEIVED HIS SCHOOLING AT VULCAN AND THE NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDMONTON, HE GRADUATED FROM FOREST TECHNOLOGY IN 1968. HE WORKED FOR TI-IE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY IN EDMONTON AND TRAVELLED ACROSS MOST OF ALBERTA AND SOME OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. IN 1972 RANDY RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM AND BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A FARMER.
RANDY MET JEAN ANN IN EDMONTON WHILE
FITZPATRICK, Florence 1899 – 1998
FLORENCE FITZPATRICK, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JANUARY 15, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 98 YEARS.
FLORENCE WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND DECEMBER 4, 1899. SHE CAME TO CANADA AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS, ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MONTREAL AND CHATHAM, ONTARIO. FLORENCE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CALGARY. SHE ENTERED THE HOLY CROSS SCHOOL OF NURSING IN I914 AND GRADUATED AS A REGISTERED NURSE FROM THE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL IN 1918, THE SECOND GRADUATING CLASS OF THE HOLY. FLORENCE WORKED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN LETHBRIDGE DURING THE 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT SHE
CAUSEY, David Wilson “Davey” 1921 – 1998
DAVID WILSON “DAVEY” CAUSEY, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JANUARY 5, 1998 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
DAVEY WAS BORN NOVEMBER 21, 1921 AT TABER, ALBERTA TO THOMAS AND ELIZABETH CAUSEY. HIS FATHER, A COAL MINER, MOVED THE FAMILY TO LETHBRIDGE IN I93 6. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH TABER AND LETHBRIDGE. HE WAS WORKING AT THE MACLEOD’S STORE IN LETHBRIDGE WHEN HE MET LOURETTA CLEVER. THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHAMPION IN AUGUST OF 1942. DURING THE SAME YEAR DAVEY ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND SERVED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE IN 1945. HE RETURNED
HUBKA, Rudolf “Rudy” Emmett 1916 – 1997
HUBKA, RUDOLF EMMETT “RUDY”, PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 20, 1997 AT CARMANGAY, ALBERTA THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
RUDY WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1916 ON THE FAMILY FARM OF FRANK AND BESSIE HUBKA WEST OF CARMANGAY. A FARMER ALL HIS LIFE, HE SAW FARMING EVOLVE FROM HORSE DRAWN EQUIPMENT TO THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY.
A COMMUNITY MINDED MAN, RUDY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CARMANGAY LIONS CLUB, A DIRECTOR OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SECRETARY OF THE LITTLE BOW GAS CO-OP AND CARMANGAY SEED CLEANING PLANT. HE ENJOYED SPORTS, ESPECIALLY BASEBALL, HOCKEY AND CURLING.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS OF MRS. BEULAH
MAY, Laird Frederick Albert “Fred” 1928 – 1997
LAIRD FREDERICK ALBERT “FRED” MAY, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 17, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
FRED WAS BORN APRIL 21, 1928 AT TORONTO, ONTARIO. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL TORONTO AND ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. FRED CALLED HIMSELF THE ORIGINAL “ADAM” BECAUSE HE LOST A RIB’ TO LUNG PROBLEMS DURING HIS MEDICAL INTERNSHIP TO BECOME A DOCTOR AT A ROCHESTER HOSPITAL. HE LATER WORKED AT THE SICK CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AS A MALE NURSE IN TORONTO. IN 1952 FRED ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY AND SERVED IN CANADA AND THE FAR EAST IN THE MEDICAL CORPS, UNTIL
ZIMMERMAN, Orine Marie 1913 – 1997
ORINE MARIE ZIMMERMAN, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON DECEMBER 17, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ORINE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1913 IN MAYVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA. AT THREE MONTHS OF AGE SHE CAME TO CANADA WITH HER PARENTS, SIMON AND SELMA TUTTLE. THEY SETTLED ON A FARM IN PENDANT D’OREILLE UNTIL 1926 WHEN THEY MOVED TO VULCAN. ORINE RECEIVED ALL OF HER SCHOOLING TO GRADE TEN IN VULCAN, SHE ALSO TOOK MUSIC LESSONS.
IN HER EARLY ADULT YEARS SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE ISOLATION HOSPITAL IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE MET CLIFFORD PERCY ZIMMERMAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 15,
SMITH, Annie Nancy 1919 – 1997
SMITH, ANNIE NANCY PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 14, I997 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
NANCY WAS BORN OCTOBER 14, 1919 AT LEICESTER, ENGLAND. SHE ATTENDED MANTLE ROAD SCHOOL TO GRADE EIGHT. AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN SHE WENT TO WORK AT KIRBY’S WEST, WORKING IN THE OFFICES, THEN WORKED AT TAYLOR HOBSON DOING OFFICE WORK.
WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II, SHE MET LAWRENCE SMITH. NANCY CAME TO CANADA AS A WAR BRIDE, TRAVELING FIRST ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND, THEN BY TRAIN TO GLEICHEN, ALBERTA WHERE LAWRENCE WAS TO
WASER, Winifred Lucinda “Winnie” 1908 – 1997
WINIFRED LUCINDA ‘WINNIE” WASER, (nee: MONNER) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, DECEMBER 8, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
WINNIE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 20, 1908 IN PORTLAND, OREGON. IN 1914 HER FAMILY EMMIGRATED TO CANADA, AND THEY SETTLED IN THE MILO AREA. WINNIE RECEIVED HER EARLY SCHOOLING AT PIONEER, GIFFEN AND MILO.
SHE WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER AND BECAME MOTHER’S HELPER AT AN EARLY
AGE, HELPING RAISE HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS. WINNIE ATTENDED AGRICULTURE
COLLEGE IN CLARESHOLM FROM I928 TO I930 WHERE SHE BECAME AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS AND COOK. DURING THE LATE TWENTY’S AND EARLY THIRTIES SHE BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE
JORDAN, Vernon George 1931 – 1997
VERNON GEORGE JORDAN OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ON DECEMBER 8, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS.
VERNON WAS BORN IN VULCAN JANUARY 16, 1931, SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN BORN TO JIM AND ALICE. HE IS SURVIVED BY JEAN, HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 44 YEARS, SONS RICK (LYNN) OF BROOKS , LES (JAN) OF CALGARY, DAUGHTER DIANE (TONY) KRYSTALOWICH OF VULCAN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER, BLAKE, COLE, KASSIE , LOWELL AND JORDAN. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY BROTHERS KEN OF INNISFAIL, KEITH (RITA) OF SPRUCE GROVE, MELVIN OF VULCAN, RON (MARJ)
SHARP, Helma 1922 – 1997
HELMA SHARP, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME DECEMBER 3, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
HELMA WAS BORN JULY 15, 1922 IN BASSANO, ALBERTA TO ANNA AND GEORGE GREAVES. SHE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN, AND GREW UP ON THE FARM, ATTENDED FAWN HILL SCHOOL, WHERE SHE RODE A HORSE WITH HER SISTER EARLY TO SCHOOL TO GET WATER AND START THE FIRE. SHE FINISHED SCHOOL AND BEGAN HOUSEKEEPING FOR FARM FAMILIES IN THE AREA.
HELMA MARRIED FREDERICK WILLIAM (BILL) SHARP DECEMBER 19, 1942 AT BASSANO. THEY FARMED NORTHEAST OF VULCAN IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT WHERE