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DITZLER, Gertrude
DITZLER - Gertrude Eileen Ditzler of Lacombe passed away peacefully in her 97th year on March 14, 2006 in the Lacombe Hospital & Care Center. She was born at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on November 15, 1908 to Leslie and Mary Pearce. In 1918 the family moved to a farm east of Lacombe. Gertrude graduated from the Camrose Normal School in 1927 and taught for 7 years before marrying Leland "Chum" Ditzler on July 4, 1934. They resided on the farm in the Joffre District until June 1995 when they moved to the Lacombe Senior Lodge. She was a member of the Lacombe Garden Club, Eclipse Unifarm, U.C.W. and a faithful church and community worker. Gertrude was predeceased by her loving husband of 63 years in April 1997. Gertrude is survived by one son Ken (Bettie) of the Joffre District and one daughter Shirley (Gerry) Field of Ponoka; sister Helen Jensen, High River, brother Reg (Marion) Pearce of Calgary. Also loved by six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. Memorial services will be held from St. Andrews United Church in Lacombe on Monday April 3, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Ross Smillie officiating. Interment will follow at a later date in the Red Deer Cemetery. If friends so desire contributions may be made to: Lacombe Hospital & Care Center, Extended Care, 5430 47 Ave., Lacombe, AB. T4L 1G8; Canadian Bible Society, 110 - 11 Avenue S.W. Calgary, AB. Wilson's Funeral Chapel of Lacombe & Rimbey in care of the arrangements.
STEVENETT, Audrey
STEVENETT - Audrey Maxine Blow Stevenett "Beloved Sister, Wife, Mother & Nana" Audrey Maxine Blow Stevenett, age 73, was reunited with her eternal love, Edward "Ted" Allison Stevenett, on Wednesday, March 29, 2006. She passed peacefully after complications from kidney failure. Audrey was the third of four daughters born to Leslie and Irene Blow on April 21, 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Audrey was educated in the public schools of Alberta. Aud met her sweetheart Ted at the age of 17, and married two years later on June 27, 1951. They were later baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and sealed in the Alberta Cardston Temple. Ted & Audrey were blessed with nine children, and dedicated their lives to raising their children on the family farm in Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. The focus of Audrey's life was her family, her church, and her community. She actively supported her children with music lessons, hockey, figure skating, and swimming. During these years, Audrey and Ted lovingly invited four Indian children into their family, namely Yvonne Buffalo, Christie LaFrance, Elvis Bear, and Rene Logan. Ted and Audrey moved their family to Provo, Utah in October, 1979. Audrey strived to have a home of prayer, with life's lessons of work, while filled with sweetness, music, and laughter. Audrey was a devoted wife, homemaker, and mother. She was an avid gardener. She loved to cook. She loved to swim. She loved her callings as a Teacher in both Relief Society and Sunday School. Audrey is survived by two of her sisters, Shirley Fox (Red Deer, Alberta) and Ruth (Art) Schneidmiller (Calgary, Alberta). She is also survived by her nine loving children - Diane, Daryl, Kathy (Brian) Larson, Kevin (Jody), Allyson (Kay) Olsen, Audra (Tony) Naccarato, Joel (Natalie), Shaun (Heather), and Mark (Michelle). She and Ted have been blessed with twenty-two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Audrey was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ted, and her eldest sister Norma. Funeral services under the direction of Walker Sanderson Funeral Home of Orem will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 3rd, 2006, in the Edgemont 15th Ward Chapel, 4000 N. Foothill Drive, Provo, Utah. Family and friends are invited to visit with the family at a viewing, to be held Sunday evening, April 2nd, from 6-8 p.m. and on Monday prior to services, from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Interment at East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 N. 650 E., Provo, Utah.
MELVILL
MELVILL - Mr. Gregory Lawrence Melvill of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the age of 40 years. A Public Celebration of Gregory's Life will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at the Alto-Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. Service and Interment Providers: EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPELS 4820-45th Street, Red Deer. Phone 347-2222.
BRUNTON, Edwin
BRUNTON - Edwin Wayne Brunton passed away suddenly at his winter home in Casa Grande, Arizona on March 20, 2006. He was born in Prince Albert Saskatchewan on May 8, 1943 and moved with his family to Red Deer, Alberta at the age of 16. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Elsa, his son Dale and his three daughters, Kathy and her husband Ken, Kim and her husband Rob and Candace and her husband Brian. His three grandsons, Kyle, Justin and Brandon. His brother Ray and his wife Diane, his Mother-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law in South Africa as well as several nieces and nephews in Canada and South Africa. He was predeceased by his parents Ed and Ruby and brother Keith. Ed lived his life to the fullest and leaves to mourn his loss several family and friends from around the world. A celebration of Ed's Life will be held on Saturday April 8, at 3 p.m. at The Central Park Community Hall in Red Deer County. In lieu of flowers those wishing to make a donation in Ed's memory please forward to the Alberta Lung Association.
DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS - Mr. Arthur 'Gordon' Douglas of Red Deer, passed away peacefully at the Correct Care Home, Red Deer on Monday, March 27, 2006 at the age of 89 years. Born in the Red Deer Hospital, October 6, 1916, Gordon went to school at Fairland School and finished his education at the Penhold High School. He farmed with his father until 1935, when he attended Olds Agricultural College. Gordon continued to work with his father part time while working for the Department of Transportation on the construction of the Penhold Airbase. In 1943, Gordon joined the Royal Canadian Navy serving his country. Upon returning in 1946, he took over the farm and purchased his first purebred Hereford cattle from Mr. Charley Clay of Nevis, and Mr. Humphreys of Ponoka, building a fine herd with a reputation for quality cattle. On January 29, 1947, Gordon married Helen Mundie of Knee Hill Valley. Working together in partnership they ran a successful farm operation including grain farming, a feed lot and a purebred herd. Gordon showed their cattle at the Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge Bull Sales, the Toronto Royal Exposition, and the Western Stock Show at Denver. Their greatest shipments were thirty-six bulls to Montana and three to Russia. Participating in the community was very important to Gordon. He assisted in the Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Penhold, was a member of the Masonic Temple Lodge No. 12, and the Royal Canadian Legion. His great love of horned Herefords led to his being a charter member of the Central Alberta Hereford Association and in 1957, he received an Honourary Lifetime Membership for past service. In 1994, the Canadian Hereford Association presented him with a fifty year pin for his contributions and advancement of the breed and the Association. He also played a major role in the development of the Red Deer Cattlemen's Association, where he was president for ten years. He served for forty years as a volunteer at the Red Deer Fair Board and fifteen years as Chairman of the Beef Committee. Gordon was a key player in the development of the Alberta Hereford Testing Centre at Innisfail. Gordon's greatest honor was to be chosen to receive the first award for Central Alberta Pioneer Farm Family presented by the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce and the Westerner Exposition Association. In 1990, Gordon and Helen received the 100 Year Farm Family Heritage Award presented by the Government of Alberta. In retirement, Gordon and Helen spent many winters in Hawaii. Gordon was predeceased by his wife, Helen on February 17, 2000 and requested a special note of thanks and gratitude for his wife's support and encouragement be included here. Gordon is survived by their three loving daughters, Margaret Walker (Clark Prendergast), Susan Tallas (Don), both of Red Deer and Jeanne Weich (Bob) of Calgary, ten grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. A Public Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45th Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, April 3, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. Interment will follow at the Red Deer Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, in place of flowers, Memorial Donations in Gordon's honour may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 101, 5208-53rd Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 5K2 or to the Salvation Army Church, 4837-54th Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 2G5, in appreciation for their caring of the service men on leave during the war. Service and Interment Providers: EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPELS 4820-45th Street, Red Deer. Phone 347-2222.
GESSLEMAN, Harvey
GESSLEMAN - Harvey Edward Gessleman - Jan. 23rd, 1917 - Mar. 28th, 2006 - "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." (II Timothy 4:7-8) Harvey has gone to his heavenly home at 89 years of age. Pre- deceased by Muriel, his wife of 54 years, on April 1st, 2000, his family remains. Children: Betty (Henning) Steffensen of Valleyview; John (Diane) Gessleman of Alix; Shirley (David) Jorgensen of Leduc. Grandchildren: Serena (Wesley) Burdick of Grimshaw; Kerena (Jordan) Letcher of Victoria; Lerena (Aaron) Kelly of Edmonton; Merena (Kyle) Johnson of Lethbridge; Terena Steffensen of Valleyview. Jeremy (Susan) Gessleman of Red Deer; James (Angela) Gessleman of Alix; Janine Gessleman of Red Deer. Kaleigh Jorgensen of Calgary; Tess Jorgensen of Leduc. Great-grandchildren: Bailey, Dawson, and Brinay Burdick; Caynan and Dryden Letcher. Sisters: Pearl McDermand of Alix and Shirley Ryan of Red Deer. Harvey was predeceased by his parents Jeremiah and Inez (Mills) Gessleman, his brother Billie Gessleman, nephew William (Bill) Boulton and niece Cathy (Gessleman) McEachern. On a cold, snowy January 23rd in 1917, Harvey came crying into this world into a small wooden house on a hill that overlooked the Stanton district near Alix, Alberta. This spot is where he would till the earth producing the grain that would feed and sustain us all. His work brought bread to our tables and feed for our cattle; his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ brought us also to the Lord's table where our souls were fed. The Gessleman family made a home at Artesia Farms down in the hollow next to Stanton Creek - or "crick" as the Gesslemans would say. To sustain the family through the long winter months, the family farm provided an endless cycle of chores for the kids who had to slop the pigs, feed the chickens, gather the eggs, feed the cows, fix the fences, harness and groom the horses, hunt for ducks and geese, and snare gophers and shoot magpies for nickels. Harvey daily walked the mile to Stanton, the one-room schoolhouse on the hill east of the farm and by nine years of age, he was expected to join the threshing crews in the fields at harvest time. Harvey learned early the work ethic that grounded him for the rest of his life. A mixed farm offers no off- season, yet Harvey loved playing ball with the Haynes men's baseball team, even though his heel had been damaged by polio when he was a child. Yet as an 86-year-old, he stepped up to the plate at the annual summer family ball game and hit the ball with one of his grandchildren running for him. When the handsome and eligible bachelor got a glimpse of the beautiful young new schoolteacher at Stanton School, he married Muriel Boulton on March 27th, 1946 in Delburne. Over the years of raising a family and farming, with Muriel at his side, Harvey, though a quiet man contributed much to his community and church. In 1947 he became a Registered Canadian Seed Grower and raised pedigreed seed grain for over 40 years. He was president of the Stanton Mutual Telephone Company, a member of the Order of Foresters, maintained Stanton Community Centre, and was leader of the Alix Multi 4-H Club in addition to raising purebred Herefords on the family H-7 Ranch. Harvey served as elder, chairman, and charter member at the Alix Evangelical Free Church. He had to learn many skills and over the years, becoming a mechanic, a welder, a veterinarian, a cattle and horse breeder, a biblical scholar, a singer, an electrician, a horticulturalist and a water diviner. Above all, Harvey cared deeply for his most valued gift - his family, all whom have learned also to trust in the Lord. Grandpa Za thank you for the Godly inheritance and the example of a life lived through faith. We look forward with hope to our reunion. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, April 3, 2006 at 1:00 pm at the Alix Community Centre. Internment will follow at the Fairview-Stone Cemetery. Donations to the Alix Evangelical Free Church or the Lacombe Evangelical Free Church Building Fund are welcomed. PERSONAL ALTERNATIVE FUNERAL SERVICES 4779-49th Street, Red Deer 341-5181 and Calgary 216-5111 entrusted with arrangements.
FINLEY, Jeanette
FINLEY (Clark) Jeanette Marguerita - January 4, 1927 - March 25, 2006 - Jeanette passed away Saturday, March 25, 2006 at the age of 79 years. She is survived by her children, Davena Clark Ross, Andrew Finley, Moira Finley, Frances Sheila MacDonald; four granddaughters and two great-grandchildren. Jeanette's sister, Mrs. Keitha Beers, is her only surviving sibling. Jeanette graduated with a diploma in piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music (1950) and a B. Ed (U of A, 1970). She was an active member of I.O.D.E., W.I. and Canadian Red Cross. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. at Park Memorial Chapel, 9709 - 111 Avenue, Edmonton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your local I.O.D.E.Park Memorial Ltd. (780) 426-0050.
PIERCE, Judy
PIERCE, Judy (nee Madden) - Judy Lynn passed away peacefully, at the age of 42, at St. Albert, AB. January 14, 2006, following a stroke, suffered December 15, 2005. Judy was born in Estevan, Sask. June 8, 1963 and came to Red Deer with her family in July 1968. She attended Grandview School, Eastview Junior High and graduated in 1981 from Lindsay Thurber High School. She began her career as an Insurance Adjustor in Red Deer with the Co-Operators, and continued in St. Albert with Grandin Agencies. Judy was a loving mother, daughter, sister, friend and more. Her memory will be cherished by Jim Weary and his daughter Rachel, her children Malorie and Chandler Pierce and their father Rory, all of St. Albert, her parents Ray and Lois Madden of Red Deer, her sister Janet (Curt) Baker, of Red Deer, brothers Doug (Edie), of Red Deer, and Mike (Bonnie) of Edmonton. She will always be loved by her 14 nieces and nephews and 4 great-nieces and nephews, many aunts, uncles, cousins and special friends. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Church at 10804 -119 St., Edmonton. In lieu of flowers, donations in Judy's memory are appreciated to the: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta 101 - 5209 53 Ave Red Deer, AB. T4N 5K1
