Obituaries

June 27, 1931 - June 28, 2017 - It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Robert (Bob) Edward Vetter shortly after his 86th birthday. Bob was born on his parents' farm west of Three Hills. He attended primary school at Buckeye, attended high school at Salem in Sunnyslope, and in 1957 married Marjorie Doris Mason. A few years later they moved to the farm between Sunnyslope and Allingham on the Kneehill Creek, where they lived until retiring to Olds. Bob was a good neighbour, a

October 3, 1925 – July 5, 2017 - Emily Alice Workentine (Booher/Kallio) passed away peacefully at Mountain Lake Seniors Community, Nelson, B.C. Emily was born in Michigan and lived there until 1967. Her happiest memories from early childhood were of her time living on the family farm. She married Leonard Raymond Booher, August 27, 1952 and had 5 children with him. He predeceased her in 1965. She and her 5 children moved to Three Hills, Alberta in 1967. She continued to reside there as she

November 18, 1926 Trochu - July 11, 2017 Three Hills.  John Tullikopf was born, with the assistance of Doc Snyde who managed to get through deep snow with his McLaughlin Buick, to Samuel and Lydia Tullikopf’s. Two brothers, Rhienold and Art followed.

From the early days on the farm, Johnny developed a love of farming. He and his brothers picked saskatoons on the river bank and sold them for 10 cents a pound. As a young man he worked as a “bundle pitcher” on a threshi

Norris Murray Kirk, age 77, entered his eternal rest on Monday evening, June 26, 2017. Norris was born December 6, 1939 to Arthur and Isabella (Bella) Kirk in Three Hills, Alberta, the oldest of 3 children. Around 3 years of age, Norris contracted scarlet fever, which resulted in a loss of hearing in one of his ears and some loss in his other ear as well. Norris was one of the blessed ones to receive the recently discovered drug, penicillin for complications that set in from scarlet fever. Desp