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JOSEPH FRANKLIN “FRANK” TESKEY OF CARMANGAY PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 18, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS.
FRANK WAS BORN JULY 29, 1919 ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR CARMANGAY. HE ATTENDED RIDGEWAY COUNTRY SCHOOL. HE BEGAN WORKING FOR FARMERS IN THE AREA, THEN WORKED AT FRASER’S COAL MINE. HE JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY IN 1942 AND SERVED IN THE COAL MINES IN THE CROWSNEST PASS TO SUPPLY THE WAR EFFORT UNTIL I945. FRANK CONTINUED MINING UNTIL HE RETURNED HOME IN 1947. HE PURCHASED A TRUCK AND HAULED GRAIN FOR LOCAL FARMERS. FRANK MARRIED LORRAINE NUGENT IN 1948

CLIFFORD EARL “CLIFF” BOOTH, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SEPTEMBER 7, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 97 YEARS.
CLIFFORD WAS BORN APRIL 21, 1900 AT DUNSEITH, NORTH DAKOTA, AND MOVED TO CANADA WITH HIS MOTHER, FATHER, SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 1910. THEY HOMESTEADED IN THE BADGER LAKE DISTRICT, WHERE CLIFF ATTENDED THE FIRST CHANCE SCHOOL. AT AN EARLY AGE HE STAYED HOME AND HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FARM. IN 1919 HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD, BUILDING IRRIGATION CANALS. IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE EASTERN IRRIGATION DISTRICT. HE ALWAYS LIKED WORKING WITH HORSES. LATER,

MRS. ELIZABETH (BETTY) MARIE GROVES (nee SELDEN) passed away peacefully at Calgary Foothills Hospital on Friday, September 5, 1997.
She was born July 20, 1912 in L’anse, Michigan. Betty was predeceased by her husband, Snucks, son Lee, and daughter Adele.
She is survived by her son Gerald (wife Liz), twins Donna (husband Alfred) and Daniel, grandchildren Curtis (wife Karen), Renee, Shannon (special friend Kevin), Shane (special friend Brenda), Brad, Jonathan, and Mark, and great grandchildren Joshua and Dillon.
She is ever remembered and loved as a mother, grandma, best friend and avid bingoer.
Funeral Services will be held Monday, September 8, 1997 at 2:00

JORDAN, ALICE MAUDE (nee: EAMOR) OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS.
ALICE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 3, I910 TO LABON AND MARY EAMOR. SHE MARRIED JAMES LESTER “JIM” JORDAN IN VULCAN DECEMBER 1928.
BELOVED MOTHER OF ONE DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE FLETCHER OF TABER, FIVE SONS KEN JORDAN OF INNISFAIL, MEL JORDAN OF VULCAN, RON (MARJ) JORDAN OF LETHBRIDGE, VERNON (JEAN) JORDAN OF CHAMPION, KEITH (RITA) JORDAN OF SPRUCE GROVE, THREE SISTERS HAZEL FRAZER AND HER SPECIAL FRIEND GEORGE OF CALGARY, MINNIE DOWLING OF PENTICTON, B.C., LAURA (WALTER) DANN OF VULCAN AND

DAW,  THOMAS ALFRED “TOM” PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER 3, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF HAZEL FOR 51 YEARS OF VULCAN, FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS LINDA AND RICK RABB OF CALGARY , PAT AND MARK THOMPSON OF FORT McMURRAY, TWO SONS ALFRED AND DIANNE OF VULCAN, LARRY AND ANNE OF EDMONTON, TEN GRANDCHILDREN ;GARY AND CHERYL, RICK JR., KEN, MIKE, CHRIS, TIM, BRIAN, GREG, SHAUNA AND LAURA, A GREAT GRANDSON, WESLEY, THREE BROTHERS: ED OF NANAIMO, B.C., FRED, FRANCIS AND JESSIE ALL OF GLEICHEN, LOVING SISTERS-IN-LAW, ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW, NUMEROUS NIECES AND

MARY HELEN DAUB PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ON FRIDAY AUGUST 29, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
HELEN WAS BORN JANUARY 5, 1906 IN LAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND KATHERINE HINDS. THEY CAME FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO HOMESTEAD THIRTY FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE HAT AND TWELVE MILES FROM THE NEAREST RAILROAD POINT AT SEVEN PERSONS IN 1909. SHE ATTENDED BAR VEE SCHOOL, ST. THERESA’S ACADEMY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL AND THEN ATTENDED CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL. AT AGE SEVENTEEN SHE BEGAN TEACHING AT HER HOME SCHOOL, BAR VEE AND MANY OTHER COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
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ELSIE SCHLAHT, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN BY MANY IN LOMOND AS GRANDMA SCHLAHT, BELOVED WIFE OF THE LATE SAM SCHLAHT, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AUGUST 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
ELSIE WAS BORN OCTOBER 23, 1905 IN KRYM, RUSSIA AND CAME TO SCHULER, SASKATCHEWAN WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL. AT AN EARLY AGE SHE STAYED HOME TO LOOK AFTER HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND WORK AROUND THE FARM. SHE MARRIED SAMUEL “SAM” SCHLAHT IN FEBRUARY OF I924. TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO LOMOND IN 1937 AND LATER PURCHASED AND OPERATED THE POOL HALL AND BARBER SHOP. THEY SOLD THE SHOP

PHYLLIS KILPATRICK, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JULY 23, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS BORN AUGUST 20, 1931 AT VIKING, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED JARROW SCHOOL NEAR VIKING AND MOVED TO CALGARY IN THE LATE 194O’S. SHE MARRIED VERNON KILPATRICK IN 1951 AND TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO UPHAM, NEW BRUNSWICK, WHERE SHE RAISED THEIR CHILDREN. THEY RETURNED TO CALGARY IN 1987 AND MOVED TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1990 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
WHILE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, PHYLLIS WAS A MEMBER OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH WOMEN. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HIGH RIVER ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION.
PHYLLIS ENJOYED

Wentz,  Charlie Leonard, of Vulcan, born June 9, 1917, passed away at the Vulcan Community Health Centre July 13, 1997 at the age of 80 years.
Arrangements in care of Vulcan Funeral Home. Telephone 1-403-485-2633. E-mail condolences through www.vulcanfuneralhome.ca.