URSULA MARIE WILLIAMS, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JULY 1, 1997 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
URSULA WAS BORN DECEMBER 12, 1923 AT HAVEN, ALBERTA, ONE OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN BORN TO ARTHUR AND IRENE (nee:COOK) ROBINSON. SHE BEGAN WORKING IN HOMES HELPING WITH HOUSE WORK. IN 1943 SHE CAME TO WORK FOR MR. AND MRS MILT WARD IN ARROWWOOD WHERE URSULA MET DONALD CLATE WILLIAMS. THEY WERE MARRIED NOVEMBER OF 1946. TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE ARROWWOOD AREA UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN 1978. URSULA CONTINUED TO HELP IN HOMES THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS HEALTH UNIT, UNTIL SHE RETIRED IN 1988.
URSULA LOVED HER FAMILY – SHE WAS ALWAYS OPEN FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN TO STAY WITH FOR AS LONG AS NEEDED OR BRING THEIR FRIENDS OVER. SHE LOVED FLOWERS, ESPECIALLY ROSES. SHE GREW ROSES AND HAD WON PRIZES FOR THEM IN THE VULCAN FAIR.
URSULA ENJOYED A GOOD TIME, SPENDING TIME WITH ELDERLY AND SINGING WITH THE SANDERSON’S ARMY, WHICH SHE HAD DONE FOR THE PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS. HER PRESENCE AND LIGHT-HEARTEDNESS WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET HER.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. DONALD WILLIAMS OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER JULIE (DAVID) NELSON OF QUEENSTOWN, TWO SONS BARRY (LYNN) OF CALGARY AND DARWIN (FAY) OF ARROWWOOD, ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN, A BROTHER BEN (JEAN) ROBINSON, FOUR SISTERS VIRGINIA WILSON, MARIE “BUDDY” (MURRAY) ROSS, DONNA (GERALD) CHURCH ALL OF CALGARY, AND GERALDINE WICKSON OF KELOWNA.
URSULA WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, FIVE BROTHERS, THREE SISTERS, A SON GARRY IN 1974, TWO GRANDCHILDREN BRADLEY IN 1967 AND NICOLE IN 1977.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY JULY 5, 1997 AT 1:30 P.M. AT VULCAN UNITED CHURCH WITH MS. MARILYN EVANS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT ARROWWOOD CEMETERY AT 3:30 P.M.
HONORARY BEARERS WERE TWYLA THOMPSON, SHELLEY BERG, MARSHA THARLE, RACHEL WILLIAMS, KIM HOWE, JODI GRIFFIN, KRIS WILLIAMS, SONYA WILLIAMS, DARCY BERG AND JIM HORKOFF.
CASKET BEARERS WERE KEN WILLIAMS, GARRY WILLIAMS, GORD THOMPSON, SCOTT HOWE, MIKE GRIFFIN AND GLEN THARLE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, TRIBUTES IN MEMORY OF URSULA COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE VULCAN HEALTH CARE LADIES AUXILIARY PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT, BOX 299, VULCAN, T0L 2B0 OR ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION 1331 29 ST N.W., CALGARY T2N 4N2.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS.
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