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MARGUERITE HELEN MAY KING – DERSCH , PASSED AWAY AT THE FANNING CENTRE, CALGARY, ALBERTA FEBRUARY 22, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
MARGUERITE HELEN MAY BROWN WAS BORN IN BANFF, ALBERTA, ON APRIL 28, 1916. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF ELIZABETH AND EDWARD BROWN. MARG, HAD AN OLDER SISTER, ALICE, AND TWO BROTHERS, TED AND HORRIE. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE GIRL WHO ENJOYED MANY PURSUITS FOUND RIGHT OUTSIDE HER DOOR, INCLUDING SKIING, SKATING, CANOEING AND HIKING. AS A TEENAGER AND YOUNG ADULT SHE WORKED AT A BAKERY IN BANFF AND THE HOMESTEADER INN AND HAD MANY STORIES TO

MUELLER, CLAUDE LOUIS, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA FEBRUARY 19, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
CLAUDE WAS BORN AUGUST 9, 1914 AT LAWRENCE, ALBERTA IN THE ALSTON DISTRICT. HE FARMED WITH HIS FATHER LOUIS AND LATER WAS A PART OWNER OF “RED HEAD SERVICE STATION”, WITH HIS BROTHER EMERY IN CHAMPION. HE SOLD HIS INTEREST IN THE SERVICE STATION BEFORE BEING ENLISTED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR EFFORTS, AND RETURNED TO FARMING. HE MARRIED MARTHA KRANZLER IN 1944 AND TOGETHER THEY OPERATED A MIXED FARM UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN THE EARLY 1980’S WHERE THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE

VAN LOON, GERTRUDE MARGARET, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FEBRUARY 17, 1997 AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER ARLEEN (PAT) TODD, THREE GRANDCHILDREN DOUG, LISA AND JODY, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN P.J., TYRELL, NICHOLAS AND JENNA, A SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW HELEN (DON) VAN LOON OF DUNCAN, B.C. AND THEIR FAMILIES, SPECIAL FRIENDS ALICE, MAE AND LIL.
GERTRUDE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND ROY “R.J.” IN 1994, SON ROGER IN 1965 AND HER PARENTS.
SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. WM. L. LOUIE AND SUZANNE RIZZUTO AND FAMILY FOR THEIR KINDNESS.
AT GERTRUDE’S REQUEST A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE

LAUGHLIN,  PATRICK HERELD “PAT” PASSED AWAY JANUARY 30, 1997 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS.
PAT WAS BORN MARCH 7, 1908 AT GRASSY LAKE, ALBERTA. IN 1919 HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS DAVID AND ISABELLA LAUGHLIN TO KENTUCKY THEN TO EDEN, MARYLAND WHERE THEY OPERATED A MARKET GARDEN . IN 1924 THEY MOVED TO CHICAGO WHERE PAT APPRENTICED IN THE PRINTING TRADE WHILE WORKING IN A PAPER WAREHOUSE UNTIL MOVING BACK TO MILO IN JULY I928, WITH A SHORT WORK STAY IN MONTANA. HE STAYED WITH HIS HALF BROTHER TOM WEBBER AND HIS WIFE CECILIA. HE BEGAN WORKING

ANDREW MORRIS “ANDY” NAFZIGER PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT LITTLE BOX AUXILLARY, CARMANGAY, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 29, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS.
ANDREW WAS BORN ON THE FARM HIS PARENTS HOMESTEADED N.W. 36-17~24-W4TH ON AUGUST 29, 1916. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT THE MAYVIEW AND SNAKE VALLEY SCHOOLS. IN THE MID THIRTIES ANDREW WORKED WITH MORRISON CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPING HIGHWAY NUMBER TWO, SOUTH OF HIGH RIVER. LATER IN THE THIRTIES HE WORKED ON THE B.J. MENSINGER FARM, AS ONE OF THE HIRED HANDS. IN 1942 ANDY ENLISTED IN THE RC.A.F. TRAINING AS AN AIRFRAME MECHANIC. HIS CAREER TOOK HIM TO MEDICINE

ARTHUR GEORGE THARLE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JANUARY 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
ARTHUR WAS BORN JUNE 2, 1912 ON THE HOMESTEAD QUARTER N.E.22-24-W4th NEAR ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA THAT HIS FATHER HOMESTEADED IN 1903. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SUNSET VALLEY AND AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY. HE AND HIS MOTHER CONTINUED OPERATING THE FARM.
ON MARCH 16, 1938 HE MARRIED GRACE MARIE STRONG. THEY LIVED ON THE FARM FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN MOVED INTO MOSSLEIGH. ARTHUR CONTINUED FARMING AND OPERATING HIS OWN TRUCKING OPERATION, HAULING GAS FROM TURNER VALLEY AT NIGHT AND

PAPP,  JOHN OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY NEAR HIS HOME JANUARY 27, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS.
JOHN WAS BORN APRIL 15, 1922 AT BUJ, HUNGARY WHERE HE ATTENDED HIS FIRST FIVE YEARS OF SCHOOLING AND FOUR YEARS OF VIOLIN LESSONS. JOHN AND HIS BROTHER GEORGE ARRIVED IN HALIFAX IN 1933, AFTER AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP BY BOAT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. THE BOYS WERE HAPPY TO SEE THEIR DAD WHO TOOK THEM BY TRAIN TO ANTELOPE, SASKATCHEWAN. LATER THEY MOVED TO PENANT AND IN 1935 TO CHANCELLOR, ALBERTA WHERE JOHN ATTENDED SCHOOL AND FARMED FROM THE AGE OF SIXTEEN.
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GILCHRIST, THOMAS JOHN “TOM” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT HIS DAUGHTERS HOME NEAR BROOKS, ALBERTA JANUARY 23, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 69 YEARS.
TOM WAS BORN MAY 2, 1927 AT HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM NEAR CAYLEY, ALBERTA. THOMAS STARTED AS A RANCH HAND FOR LOCAL RANCHERS AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS FOR A SHORT TIME IN CALGARY, THOMAS CONTINUED TO WORK AS A RANCH HAND UNTIL GETTING A JOB WITH HOME OIL THEN HE MOVED
AND WORKED AS A GAS PLANT OPERATOR. HE MARRIED VIOLET HARTELL

JOHNSON, CARL LUDVIG PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA JANUARY 18, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
CARL WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 7, 1906 AT PALERMO, NORTH DAKOTA. IN 1907 HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE QUEENSTOWN AREA WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS SCHOOLING. HE BEGAN WORKING DRIVING TRUCK ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR CARL WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. HE RETURNED TO MILO AND DROVE SCHOOL BUS FOR MANY YEARS, FOLLOWING HIS MARRIAGE TO IRENE WHO WAS POST MASTER AT THE POST OFFICE, HE BECAME POST MASTER FOR MANY YEARS. CARL ENJOYED

BEULAH DORA OLSEN, OF AIRDRIE, ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY AT THE PETER LOUGHEED CENTRE, CALGARY, ALBERTA JANUARY 11, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
BEULAH WAS BORN IN MOLD COUNTY, WASHINGTON OCTOBER 11, 1906. SHE EMIGRATED TO A HOMESTEAD IN THE KINNONDALE DISTRICT NEAR LOMOND IN 1908, THEN CAME TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1917. IN 1929 THE FAMILY MOVED TO FARM IN THE MILO AREA. IN 1937 THEY MOVED TO RANCH NEAR LONGVIEW . DURING THE WAR YEARS BEULAH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALE TAXI DRIVERS IN CALGARY. BEULAH MOVED TO SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE WORKED AS A