WARE, DR. JANET AMANDA “NETTIE” PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON HER 96TH BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 9, 1989.
NETTIE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER ARTHUR OF VANCOUVER, B.C. AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER SISTER MILDRED IN 1988, TWO BROTHERS WILLIAM AND ROBERT AND HER PARENTS.
NETTIE WAS BORN AT CALGARY, ALBERTA ON MARCH 9, 1893, THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MILDRED WARE, EARLY PIONEERS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA. NETTIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN VULCAN. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS – THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE FOR FIFTY YEARS. SHE WAS “PIONEER DAUGHTER” OF ALBERTA IN 1972. ON MAY 15, 1982, SHE WAS AWARDED THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1989 AT 2 PM AT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN, AB WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING. INTERMENT IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, VULCAN, AB.
PALLBEARERS WERE STAN WICKSTROM, GORDON GARDNER, FRED DEJONG, BLAINE MIDDLETON AND RON PELHAM. A EULOGY WAS GIVEN BY DR. GRANT MCEWAN, A CLOSE FRIEND OF NETTIE’S FOR MANY YEARS.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.