BERNARD HENRY BEXTE, (BETTER KNOWN AS BENY) OF ARROWWOOD , AB, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY FRIDAY, AUGUST 30,1996 AT MOSSLEIGH, AB, FIVE DAYS AFTER HIS 59TH BIRTHDAY.
BENY WAS BORN AUGUST 25TH,1937, IN DAMMER, EAST GERMANY. HE CAME TO CANADA IN MAY OF 1953 WITH HIS PARENTS BY BOAT, LANDING IN MONTREAL, AND FINALLY THEY ARRIVED IN PICTURE BUTTE.
IN 1959 HE MOVED TO ARROWWOOD AND WORKED FOR THE P.F.R.A. HE MARRIED EDNA HUFF IN 1961. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED EAST OF VULCAN WHERE HE FARMED FOR TWENTY YEARS UNTIL MOVING BACK TO ARROWWOOD TO WORK FOR THE P.F.R.A, ALSO KNOWN AS
URDAL, Joseph “Joe” Luther 1915 – 1996
URDAL, JOSEPH LUTHER “JOE” FORMERLY OF ARMADA AND LOMOND, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AUGUST 26, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
JOE WAS BORN JANUARY 6, 1915 AT BERNETTA, ALBERTA, HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ARMADA AND BERNETTA AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT OLDS COLLEGE. FARMING WAS JOE’S LIFE AND HE CONTINUED TO FARM IN THE AREA UNTIL MOVING TO LOMOND IN 1979. IN 1994 JOE MOVED TO CARMANGAY AND HAS RESIDED AT THE LITTLE BOW AUXILIARY HOSPITAL SINCE.
JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS, THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION AND CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP IN THE BIG 4
RUSHFELDT, Victor “Vic” LaRue 1927 – 1996
RUSHFELDT, VICTOR LARUE “VIC” PASSED AWAY AUGUST 24, 1996 AT LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 68 YEARS, FOLLOWING A BRIEF BATTLE WITH CANCER.
VIC WAS BORN IN CORA RINEHART’S HOSPITAL IN VULCAN, ALBERTA ON DECEMBER 23, 1927. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RED CROSS AND LATER VULCAN. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED OLDS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
VIC HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE VULCAN LEGION, THE VULCAN MASONIC LODGE AND MILO CURLING CLUB, AS WELL AS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE B.P.O. ELKS LODGE, VULCAN. HE WAS AN ASSISTANT LEADER OF BERRYWATER 4-H BEEF CLUB FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO
BARTSCH, John Jacob 1914 – 1996
BARTSCH, JOHN JACOB OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE BROOKS HEALTH CENTRE AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS WITH CANCER ON AUGUST 20, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
JOHN WAS THE FOURTH CHILD BORN TO JAKE AND FAITH BARTSCH ON APRIL 17, 1914 AT THE FARM HOME NEAR MAJORVILLE. MOST OF HIS SCHOOLING WAS SPENT AT EAST MAJORVILLE SCHOOL AND HE FINISHED HIS EDUCATION WITH TWO YEARS AT OLDS COLLEGE. DURING THE YEAR OF 1937 HE SPENT WINTERING CATTLE SOUTH OF ELNORA, ALBERTA WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE , ALICE CAMPBELL. THEY WERE MARRIED THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER 8,
CLEVER, Callie Oma (Nee: Myers) 1901 – 1996
CALLIE OMA CLEVER ( nee: MYERS) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN EXTENDICARE ON AUGUST 11, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS.
OMA WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1901 AT CONDON, OREGON. SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS AND THREE BROTHERS BY COVERED WAGON TO HIGH RIVER ARRIVING IN THE SUMMER OF 1905 AND WORKED ON THE BILL McMULLEN PLACE AS PART OF THE THRESHING CREW. LATER IN THE FALL THEY MOVED TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE BERRYWATER DISTRICT. THEY LIVED IN TENTS THROUGH THE WINTER UNTIL FEBRUARY AS THEY WERE WARMER THAN IN THE HOUSE, AS THE TENTS WERE COVERED WITH
BOON, William “Bill” 1933 – 1996
WILLIAM “BILL” BOON, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, VULCAN, ALBERTA JULY 27, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF FORTY-TWO YEARS OF DIANE OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF DAUGHTER LAURIE LEE AND SON-IN-LAW RUSSELL BRADFORD OF CALGARY, TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS BRANDY LEE AND CASEY LYNN, TWO BROTHERS BOB AND HIS FAMILY OF CALGARY AND TED (VIRGINIA) AND FAMILY OF TORONTO.
BILL WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 11, 1933 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS, BILL BEGAN HIS APPRENTICESHIP AT SNYDER AND BOON PLUMBING AND HEATING AND WORKED HIS WAY TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY, WITH
KRISCHUINATE, Maria 1911 – 1996
KRISCUINATE, MARIA OF CARMANGAY, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JULY 5, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 85 YEARS.
MARIA WAS BORN FEBRUARY 16, 1911 AT KRIAUNDISKIAI, LITHUANIA. SHE RECEIVER HER REGISTERED NURSES TRAINING AT KAUNAS, AND WORKED IN PANEVEZYS FOR EIGHT YEARS.
DURING THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION, SHE WAS PLACED IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FOR TWO YEARS AND GAVE UP ALL HER POSSESSIONS AND LOST TRACK OF A BROTHER AND A SISTER.
SHE ARRIVED IN CANADA IN 1949, SHE WAS ADMITTED TO VARIOUS FACILITIES UNTIL SETTLING IN RAYMOND IN 1961. SHE CAME TO CARMANGAY IN 1992 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED AT THE LITTLE
PALMER, Glen “Gordon” 1925 – 1996
GLEN GORDON PALMER PASSED AWAY QUIETLY IN HIS SLEEP MAY 23, 1996 AT KELOWNA, B.C. AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
GORDON WAS BORN IN MAKAWA, SASKATCHEWAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1925, WHERE HE ATTENDED SCHOOL. HE CAME TO VULCAN AS A YOUNG MAN, WHERE HE LIVED FOR SOME TIME WITH HIS BROTHER LOUIE AND HIS WIFE DOROTHY. WHILE LIVING IN THE VULCAN AND CHAMPION AREAS HE PARTICIPATED IN THE SPORTS OF BOXING, RODEO, WEIGHT LIFTING AND HOCKEY. HE WORKED FOR MANY FARMERS AND DROVE SCHOOL BUS TO THE REID HILL SCHOOL. LATER HE WORKED OIL RIGS FARTHER NORTH. FOR THE PAST
WILLMS, Johann Jacob “John” 1912 – 1996
WILLMS, JOHANN JACOB “JOHN” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY WITH HIS LOVING WIFE TINA BY HIS SIDE AT THE LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL MAY 20, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS ELINOR (GEORGE) HOOGE AND KATIE (PETER) KRAUS ALL OF CALGARY, SIX SONS EDWIN (PENNY) OF SCANDIA, JOHN (LaVAUN) OF VANCOUVER, ART (KAREN) OF CALGARY, HERBERT (GLORIA) OF VERNON, WILLI OF PENTICTON AND VIC (KAREN) 0F CALGARY AND A STEP-SON PETER (SARA)PETERS OF WINNIPEG, TWENTY GRANDCHILDREN, FOURTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS MARGARET WILLMS AND HELEN SYMMONDS BOTH OF CALGARY AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
JOHN WAS
STEPHEN, Robert “Bob” George 1926 – 1996
STEPHEN, ROBERT “BOB” GEORGE , PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY, AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS, AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL , CALGARY, ALBERTA ON SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.
BOB AND HIS TWIN BROTHER WERE BORN APRIL 14, 1926 AT EATONIA, SASKATCHEWAN. AT THE TENDER AGE OF THIRTEEN YEARS, HE LEFT HOME TO WORK ON FARMS IN NORTHERN ALBERTA, LATER WORKED IN A SMELTER MINE AT KIMBERLEY, B.C. AND THEN AT THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD IN LETHBRIDGE. IN THE SPRING OF 1946 HE WORKED FOR C.S. NOBLE FARMS IN NOBLEFORD. IN 1967 BOB STARTED A FERTILIZER BUSINESS IN NOBLEFORD NAMED