Gadsby/Westwoods
Our links to the past are disappearing with the passing of our most senior members. On Saturday afternoon, we said good bye to yet another: Lorna (Quance) McKay. Close to 300 friends and family gathered at the Stettler Funeral Home. Lorna Quance was born and raised north of Gadsby, taking her schooling in Gadsby. She married Charlie McKay of the Westwoods area. They started their married life in Gadsby and finally settling outside Stettler, where they, along with Ace and Hazel Pratt, began the Stettler Auction Mart, still a McKay family icon.
Sympathies go to Gary (Dianne) McKay, Grant (Betty) McKay, Karen (Greg) Hayden, Doug (Shirley) McKay, Marilyn (Jim) Abel, and all their families. Tributes to “Grandma” were given by all the grandchildren, the eulogy by grandson Kent, music by son Doug McKay and Leanne Kinderwater. Lorna was laid to rest beside Charlie in the Gadsby Omega Cemetery Saturday morning. She was 91 years of age.
Home for the funeral were Verna (Quance) Stenberg’s daughters Vivian and Darlene as was Mel Quance’s daughter Pearl. The Quance siblings, Pearl and Orville, Stan and Gloria, Stan and Bonnie and Dwight and Iva Lee all met at the Other Side restaurant for dinner before the service.
Stan and Gloria headed to Wade and Ybiett’s for a birthday supper that night for grandson Elijah (9) and granddaughter Jasmin (11) birthday celebration. Also there were Arden and Deanne and their girls, Richelle and Greg and family.
Birthday wishes to Anthony Glasier, who celebrated his ninth birthday on Sunday. Parents Ken and Alisa had all the grandparents and cousins there for birthday cake, treats and a fun afternoon. With the great weather, they were even able to play outside.
Bill and Joyce Hansel spent Sunday in Cadogan with daughter Mary Lou and Stan Botting. Also there were grandchildren Ryan and Leila, Jeff and Kathy and their wee ones; an enjoyable outing until the drive home when they traveled icy roads (brought on by rain). Just out of Cadogan, on a steep hill they maneuvered past three cattleliners unable to make the hill, then hit fog most of the way home. Bill and Joyce stopped at Castor for supper and a break from driving. They arrived home safe but exhausted.
Congratulations to Roseanna and Randy Trenchuck on the birth of their third son, a brother to Ryan and Kyle. Drew Bauer was born Jan. 12, weighing seven pounds two ounces. Grandma Hazel Thomas has been staying there helping the family and spoiling the baby.
Get well wishes to Kevin Baird who is in Edmonton hospital undergoing surgery near an eye.
Word has come of the passing of Joy Ireland in Red Deer. Joy was the daughter of the late Clarence and Margery Keast of Hackett (south of Botha). Her funeral will be this Saturday in Red Deer. She was 84 years of age. Parkland Funeral Home is in charge.