UMSCHEID, JESSIE JANE PASSED AWAY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AUGUST 3, 1994 AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS.
JESSIE WAS BORN MARCH 6, 1900 AT BAKER CITY, OREGON. SHE CAME TO THE MILO AREA IN 1907 WITH HER PARENTS JIM AND ELIZABETH BURK. JESSIE WAS THE FIRST GIRL IN MILO TO HAVE A CAMERA AND SHE USED IT A LOT TO CAPTURE LIFE’S MOMENTS AS SHE GREW UP. SHE ALSO HELPED OUT ON THE FARM AT HARVEST WITH A TEAM OF HORSES AND ON THE COOK CAR. SHE ALSO HAD MANY PETS INCLUDING A BADGER, A PORCUPINE TO NAME A FEW, SHE WOULD SPEND TIME WITH ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
IN 1920 SHE MARRIED CLARENCE UMSCHEID WHO HAD ARRIVED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1915 ALSO FROM OREGON. THEY CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL CLARENCE DIED IN 1960. AND JESSIE CONTINUED TO RESIDE THERE UNTIL MOVING TO EXTENDICARE IN VULCAN IN 1987, WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
JESSIE WAS LIFE MEMBER OF THE F.W.U.A. AND WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA WHEN IT WAS FORMED IN 1919. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MILO UNITED CHURCH AND UNITED CHURCH WOMEN.
JESSIE ENJOYED PEOPLE – DURING THE WAR THERE WAS ALWAYS SERVICE PERSONNEL COMING OUT TO VISIT HER AND SHE CONTINUED TO OPEN HER HOME TO MANY PEOPLE AND TREAT THEM ALL AS FAMILY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED GARDENING, WILD ANIMALS, PAINTING BOTH BUILDINGS AND PICTURES AND WAS QUITE ABLE TO DO MOST ALL FARM MAINTENANCE WORK HER SELF.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER LOIS (PHIL) BERGLUND OF CAMAS, WASHINGTON, THREE SONS JIM (MARGARET) AND LARRY (JEAN) ALL OF MILO AND JOHN (EDITH) OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW IONA UMSCHEID OF MILO, 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 26 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A GREAT GREAT GRANDSON AND A SISTER-IN-LAW ALICE FOX OF GRESHAM, OREGON.
JESSIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND CLARENCE IN 1960, A SON BOB IN 1988, HER PARENTS, A SISTER HELEN, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MARGARET AND A SON-IN-LAW FRED SHAFER.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY AUGUST 6, 1994 AT 1 P.M AT MILO COMMUNITY HALL WITH DON HOLMES L.M. OFFICIATING. INTERMENT O PERFECT PEACE CEMETERY, MILO, ALBERTA.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS TO THE MILO UNITED CHURCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.