IVAR JOSEPH IVARSON, PASSED AWAY AT THE FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL, CALGARY ON MAY 5, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARGUERITE IVARSON AND LOVING FATHER OF TWO SONS KARL (MONICA) ALL OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA AND HARLAN OF BROOKS, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN KORIN, KYLE, ALYCIA AND TRAVIS AND A BROTHER KARL OF CHAMPION.
IVAR WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER KARL IVARSON, MOTHER CHRISTIAN KOST, TWO HALF BROTHERS DAN SULLIVAN AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN AND A HALF SISTER CECILIA NELSON.
IVAR WAS BORN JULY 28, 1922 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH ALSTON AND HIAWATHA.
IVAR MARRIED MARGUERITE BECKER OCTOBER 25, 1951 AT
PETERSON, Conrad “Con” 1906 – 1996
CONRAD “CON” PETERSON, OF VULCAN, FORMERLY OF MILO, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 19, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
CON WAS BORN MAY 1, 1906 AT RIBLAKE, WISCONSIN. HE WAS ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN OF SIX BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ATTENDED CORBY HILL SCHOOL, AND HE WORKED ON HIS FATHERS FARM. THE HOMESTEAD WAS NEAR SLICKUP LAKE. THE LAKE GOT IT’S NAME BECAUSE WHEN THE COWBOYS CAME FROM THE LOMOND AND ARMADA LEASES, THEY WOULD GO DOWN TO THE LAKE TO GET “SLICKED-UP” TO GO TO MILO. HE PURCHASED LAND FROM HIS FATHER AND THE
FRENCH, Edith Katherine 1905 – 1996
EDITH KATHERINE FRENCH, PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA APRIL 16, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
EDITH WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1905 IN AURORA COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CORSICA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND CAME TO STRASBOURG, SASKATCHEWAN IN 1915 WITH HER PARENTS, BROTHER AND SISTER. SHE MARRIED JOHN FRENCH IN DECEMBER OF 1927. TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO BATHOON, SASKATCHEWAN AND RETURNED TO STRASBOURG IN 1930. IN 1941 THEY MOVED TO EDMONTON, THEN TO THE VULCAN AREA IN 1942. EDITH WORKED AS A COOK FOR JIM YEE AT THE VICTORY CAFE AND LATER BOUGHT THE RESTAURANT
RUPP, Dale 1953 – 1996
RUPP, DALE PASSED AWAY APRIL 10, 1996 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 43 YEARS.
DALE WAS BORN MARCH I2, 1953 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOTH CHAMPION AND VULCAN, GROWING UP ON THE FARM, HE LOVED THE FARM WAY OF LIFE AND CONTINUED TO FARM, RAISING CATTLE AND GRAIN.
DALE ENJOYED SPORTS INCLUDING CURLING WHERE HE SERVED A TERM AS PRESIDENT, BASEBALL AND HOCKEY. HE ENJOYED WATCHING LOCAL AMATEUR AND JUNIOR GAMES. FARMING WAS HIS FIRST PLEASURE. HOWEVER HE WAS NOT FOND OF PICKING ROCKS.
DALE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS. GLORIA RUPP OF CHAMPION, HIS GRANDMOTHER ANNE
COCKWILL, Helen Martha 1916 – 1996
COCKWILL, HELEN MARTHA OF ARROWWOOD, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, VULCAN, ALBERTA ON APRIL 7, I996 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS .
HELEN WAS BORN JUNE 28, 1916 ON THE FARM NEAR MOSSLEIGH, ALBERTA. SHE ATTENDED SUNSET VALLEY SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL IN VULCAN AND HER AUNT MARTHA HELPED HER THROUGH NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY IN 1935-6. SHE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER TEACHING AT ECKVILLE, UNION JACK, DEWINTON, AND CHESTERMERE LAKE SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED SYDNEY JOHN “BUCK” COCKWILL IN 1942 AT HIGH RIVER. THEY FARMED AT ARROWWOOD AND BEGAN A FAMILY. SHE RETURNED TO TEACH SCHOOL AT ARROWWOOD
RICHARDSON, Norman Lloyd 1900 – 1996
NORMAN LLOYD RICHARDSON, PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE APRIL 1, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 96 YEARS.
LLOYD WAS BORN FEBRUARY 9, 1900 AT CORBETTON, ONTARIO. HE CAME WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS, FIRST TO HIGH RIVER THEN FATHER’S HOMESTEAD IN THE VULCAN AREA. LLOYD ATTENDED BERRYWATER SCHOOL AND PLAYED BASEBALL AND HORSESHOE’S. HE ATTENDED AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN CLARESHOLM, WHERE HE LEARNED FARMING AND BLACKSMITHING. LLOYD BEGAN FARMING WITH HORSES AND HIS LAST TEAM OF BELGIAN HORSES WERE NAMED” STAR” AND” BUSTER”. HE MARRIED CORA WINNIFRED HAMILTON IN 1925 AND THEY OPERATED A MIXED FARM
DERSCH, Martin Henry 1904 – 1996
DERSCH, MARTIN HENRY PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA MARCH 26, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
MARTIN WAS BORN APRIL 2|, 1904 ON THE FAMILY RANCH WEST OF FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA AND WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS. HE ATTENDED DAILY CREEK SCHOOL UNTIL 1918 WHEN A FLU EPIDEMIC STRUCK. MARTIN CONTINUED TO WORK THE FAMILY RANCH UNTIL IT WAS SOLD IN I945. MARTIN MOVED INTO FORT MACLEOD AND BEGAN WORKING FOR THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BRIGHT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS ON A ROAD CONSTRUCTION CREW. IN I953 A YEAR AFTER THE COUNTY OF VULCAN WAS FORMED,
SHEA,Edwin Earl “Ed” 1920 – 1996
EDWIN EARL “ED” SHEA PASSED AWAY MARCH, 14, 1996 AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 75.
ED WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 1920 AT DRAKE, SASKATCHEWAN, SEVENTH OF TEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE GREW UP ON THE FARM AT MOSSBANK WHERE HIS FATHER OPERATED A DAIRY FARM, LIVERY STABLES AND A DRAY SERVICE. HIS FATHER SOLD EVERYTHING AND DROVE BACK TO DAMACUS, ONTARIO IN 1937, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND SOME SPOUSES IN THE SAME CAR. IN 1947 ED RETURNED TO THE WEST ALL THE WAY TO VANCOUVER AND WORKED AT THE GRAIN TERMINALS. HE RETURNED TO
DUNHAM, Edith Winnifred 1904 – 1996
DUNHAM, EDITH WINNIFRED PASSED AWAY MARCH 3, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA
EDITH WAS BORN AT NEEPAWA, MANITOBA NOVEMBER 17, 1904. SHE MOVED WEST WITH HER FAMILY BY TRAIN IN 1905. ARRIVING IN HIGH RIVER TO THE HOMESTEAD IN THE RED CROSS DISTRICT. SHE ATTENDED MAYVIEW AND RED CROSS SCHOOLS. SHE MARRIED CLARE MELBOURNE DUNHAM IN 1924 AT THE FARM OF HER PARENTS JOHN AND MINNIE FULTON. EDITH CONTINUED TO WORK AND RAISE HER FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE VULCAN AREA UNTIL HER PASSING.
EDITH WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE ATTENDED NUMEROUS CHURCH FUNCTIONS, AS WELL AS MANY COMMUNITY DANCES. SHE
MAGNUSON, Enid Alice 1923 – 1996
ENID ALICE MAGNUSON OF VULCAN, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 27, 1996 AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS.
ENID WAS BORN JUNE 12, 1923 ON THE FARM AT TWIN LAKES, ALBERTA. SHE COMPLETED HER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WOOLFORD AREA. SHE BEGAN WORKING AT FOODLAND STORE IN CARDSTON WHERE SHE WORKED FOR TWENTY YEARS. ENID TRAINED AS A HAIR DRESSER AND SET UP A BEAUTY SALON IN THE BASEMENT OF HER HOME. SHE MET AND MARRIED MELVIN MAGNUSON IN JANUARY OF 1991 AND THEY RESIDED IN VULCAN.
ENID WAS A VERY LOVING CARING PERSON WHO LOVED PEOPLE AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE FRIENDS