BERNICE DOROTHY WINCH, WAS CALLED HOME TO HER LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1996 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA.
BERNICE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 12, 1913 AT MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, THE FIRST BORN TO CLYDE AND BESSIE RUSSELL. THEY CAME BY TRAIN TO TABER IN 1916. SHE ATTENDED REID HILL, SUNNY LAKE, THIGH HILL, SUNNY GLEN, QUEENSTOWN AND WILLARD SCHOOL’S. BERNICE MARRIED HUGH WINCH IN OCTOBER OF 1933 IN BASSANO, ALBERTA AND TOGETHER THEY FARMED IN THE MILO AREA.
IN HER EARLY YEARS, BERNICE WAS VERY ATHLETIC. SHE ENJOYED CURLING, PLAYING THE PIANO, WHICH IN LATER YEARS SHE LOVED TO HAVE THE FAMILY GATHER AROUND AND SING. SHE ENJOYED DANCING, WILD FLOWERS, THE OUT DOORS, PLAYING CARDS, DRIVING GRAIN TRUCK AT HARVEST TIME, PREPARING SPECIAL OCCASION MEALS, WHICH SHE ALWAYS BROUGHT SMILES WITH HER HUMOROUS ANTICS.
BERNICE WAS AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS. SHE COULD SEW DRAPES, DID UPHOLSTERY AND COULD CREATE NEW GARMENTS FROM OLD CLOTH WITHOUT A PATTERN. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHE LOVED LIFE.
BERNICE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN WOMEN, FARM WOMEN’S UNION OF ALBERTA AND THE CHRISTIAN TRAINING CENTRE IN QUEENSTOWN WHERE SHE ATTENDED CHURCH.
BELOVED WIFE OF MR. HUGH WINCH OF VULCAN, LOVING MOTHER OF DOROTHY (GORDON) BOYD OF HANNA, MARVIN (MYRNA) WINCH OF LEDUC, CAROL (BRUCE) HENRY OF MILO, FRANCES (TOM) SHIEL’S OF ARROWWOOD, MARGARET SEEBECK OF LETHBRIDGE, ALVIN (SHEILA) WINCH OF MILO AND LYLE (JOAN) WINCH OF NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., TWENTY-TWO GRANDCHILDREN, TWENTY NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER-IN~LAW ALICE WINCH AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW SAM
FRANCIS.
BERNICE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, AN INFANT SON LESLIE, TWO BROTHERS CLYDE JR AND JACK, SON-IN-LAW CALVIN SEEBECK, A BROTHER-IN-LAW IVAN AND HIS WIFE FLORENCE WINCH, 2 SISTERS-IN-LAW MARGARET FRANCIS AND KITTY RUSSELL.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1996 AT 11 A.M. AT MILO COMMUNITY HALL WITH MARVIN WINCH OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT O’ PERFECT PEACE CEMETERY, MILO.
HONORARY BEARERS: HARVEY FULLER, GILBERT VOOYS, HARVEY GODKIN, JOHN PAPP, BETTE PAPP, ROSE NORTHCOTT, ALICE WINCH AND SAM FRANCIS.
CASKET BEARERS: OWEN BOYD, MARTY SEEBECK, KODY HENRY, TRACY BEAGLE, MONTY BEAGLE AND DALE BEAGLE, KEVEN AND KELLY BOYD AND BOB BOYD.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, DONATIONS IN BERNICE’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO EITHER THE SENIOR‘S ASSOCIATION OF VULCAN EXTENDICARE, BOX 810, VULCAN, T0L 2B0 OR THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.