LORRAINE ANNABELLE UELAND PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 19, 1998 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 90 YEARS.
LORRAINE WAS BORN JULY 31, 1908 IN TRACY, MINNESOTA. SHE WAS ADOPTED WHEN SHE WAS VERY YOUNG BY ROBERT AND BLANCHE PLUNKETT, AFTER HER MATERNAL PARENTS WERE KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. IN 1910 HER FAMILY MOVED TO A HOMESTEAD EAST OF LOMOND. SHE ATTENDED DUFFERIN SCHOOL UNTIL GRADE NINE AND THEN HELPED HER MOTHER WITH THE THRESHING CREW. LORRAINE CONTINUED TO WORK AS A HOUSEKEEPER FOR RUSSELL MILLS FAMILY, IN MILO AND WINTER MONTHS IN CALGARY.
IN 1940 LORRAINE MARRIED OLAV “OLE” UELAND AND THEY FARMED EAST OF MILO UNTIL THEY SOLD THE FARM IN 1975, AND PURCHASED A HOUSE IN MILO. THEY TRAVELED WITH THE MOTOR HOME TO MANY PLACES INCLUDING DISNEYLAND WITH ANOTHER COUPLE. OLE PASSED AWAY IN 1986 AFTER FORTY-SEVEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE. LORRAINE MOVED IN THE PETER DAWSON LODGE IN VULCAN IN 1993 AND TO EXTENDICARE IN 1996 WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
LORRAINE WORKED HARD MOST OF HER LIFE, SHE WAS A VERY CARING KIND PERSON WHO LOVED HER FAMILY AND ANIMALS. SHE ENJOYED COOKING AND LOOKING AFTER HER HUSBAND OLE.
LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER MYRTLE AND PETER NIELSEN, SON RICHARD AND LINDA CHAMBERS ALL OF CALGARY, SON-IN-LAW HAROLD SETTER IN B.C., EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
LORRAINE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND OLE, A DAUGHTER PEARL SETTER, A SON LaVERN RAY CHAMBERS, BROTHER LYLE PLUNKETT, TWO GRANDCHLDREN GARY CHAMBERS AND KENNETH NIELSEN AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1998 AT 1:30 P.M. AT MILO COMMUNITY HALL WITH PASTOR ED SUMMERS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT O PERFECT PEACE CEMETERY, MILO, ALBERTA.
CASKET BEARERS WERE LAWRENCE CLEMENTS, IAN THOMSON, JOE THOMSON, BOB MONNER, BRIAN NIELSEN AND RALPH AUESTAD.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, TRIBUTES IN LORRAINE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS, TELEPHONE 485-2633.