THARLE, GRACE MARIE, DIED SUDDENLY AS THE RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT EAST OF HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA JANUARY 30, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS.
GRACE WAS BORN AT VANGUARD, SASKATCHEWAN ON JUNE 16, 1916. SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CRESTON, B.C. AS A YOUNG GIRL. THE FAMILY CAME TO MOSSLEIGH IN 1930. SHE WALKED TO THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHICH WAS TWO AND A HALF MILES WEST OF MOSSLEIGH UP ON THE HILL AND ONE OF HER FIRST TEACHERS WAS MARGARET EATON.
SHE MARRIED ARTHUR THARLE IN 1938. THEY LIVED IN MOSSLEIGH WHERE THEIR THREE SONS WERE BORN. GRACE AND ARTHUR CAME BACK TO THE FARM WITH THEIR FAMILY IN 1951. SHE RESIDED HERE UNTIL HER PASSING.
IN HER YOUNGER YEARS SHE ENJOYED CURLING IN THE RINK AT MOSSLEIGH AND ATTENDED BONSPIELS AROUND THE COUNTY. IN HER LATER YEARS SHE ENJOYED GOLFING WITH HER GOOD FRIEND DOT SCOTT AND SISTER MARJ CHRISTIE. SHE LOVED LIFE ON THE FARM, GROWING A BIG GARDEN AND CARING FOR HER FLOWERS. HER BEAUTIFUL EVERGREENS REMINDED HER OF HER CHILDHOOD YEARS IN B.C. . IN THE WINTER MONTHS GRACE SPENT MANY HOURS ON HER NEEDLE WORK AND CROCHETING. SHE KEPT A JOURNAL OF THE FARMING ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. GRACE’S PRIDE AND JOY WERE HER FAMILY AND GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MOSSLEIGH UNITED CHURCH WOMEN AND ATTENDED THE MOSSLEIGH UNITED CHURCH.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. ARTHUR THARLE OF MOSSLEIGH, LOVING MOTHER OF THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES GALE AND PAT, GARRY AND LINDA AND ROBERT AND SANDRA ALL OF MOSSLEIGH, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN BRENDA, DEBRA, JIM, JENNIFER, GLEN, ROBIN, JASON AND MARNIE, THREE BROTHERS LAWRENCE OF HIGH RIVER, JIM (DOROTHY) OF OLDS AND GLEN (ELVA) OF CALGARY, TWO SISTERS MYRTLE (GEORGE) GARNETT OF VERNON, B.C. AND MARJORIE CHRISTIE OF VULCAN, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
GRACE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS WILLIAM AND JENNIE STRONG, A BROTHER LEE, A BROTHER-IN-LAW GEORGE CHRISTIE AND A SISTER-IN-LAW TOMMIE.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1992 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH REV. BEVERLY HILL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT VULCAN CEMETERY.
PALLBEARERS WERE JASON THARLE, GLEN THARLE, JAMES THARLE, RODNEY STRONG, DANIEL STRONG AND CLARK CHRISTIE.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE MOSSLEIGH UNITED CHURCH.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.