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Obituary of Wilma "Jim" Cooke (1 page)

Obituary of William Waschuk (3 pages)

Obituary of Richard Merdin Armfelt (2 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Parents immigrated from Austria. Talks about growing up on the farm, working on the farm, raising bees, school years, married life, raising family on the farm, husband’s health, her children, pottery, travelling and…

Transcript of audio interview - Born in India. Received BA and Diploma in Social Work. Talks about growing up, going to school, church, music. Learned to play violin at 6 years of age. Father owned a coffee estate. Sister joined a convent. Talks…

Transcript of audio interview - Married Thomas, had 2 sons, Ron and Dick. Talks about the town of Athabasca, the Depression in 1929, Colinton. Went to Plum Lake School. Her father and a partner started a general store in Colinton. Talks about…

Transcript of audio interview - Born in 1917 in Sawridge (old name for Slave Lake, AB). Moved to Athabasca in 1929. Talked about working different jobs. Met husband Doug in Busby, AB. Talked about places they lived, children, siblings, and…

Transcript of audio interview - Linda lived in Germany throughout WWII. When she was ten years old, she was inspired by care packages received from a family friend in Canada. She decided Canada would be good place to go to, and that is exactly what…

Transcript of audio interview - After a bomb hit the family home in Holland and killed Christiene’s young brother, eight-year-old Christiene and her family immigrated to Canada in 1952. She later married Aldor Gustafson and moved to Athabasca where…

Booklet by Dorothy Nielsen - This booklet has been a labour of love and is dedicated to Hans and Alex and their friendship of more than fifty-five years and the effect it has had on both families (50 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Born and raised in Amber Valley and Edmonton, AB. Spent 34 years in the North West Territories. Raising her 6 children, 2 of whom were adopted as infants in the NWT, she devoted herself to volunteering with activities…

Transcript of audio interview - Great grandparents came to Canada from USA in early 1800s. Family homesteaded in Athabasca in 1894. His father got his own homestead in 1917. Mother became a teacher. Ken went to Vermilion School of Agriculture. In…

Transcript of audio interview - When Annie was five, her family moved from Smoky Lake to Pleasant View. While she loved school, a regret is not being able to go to high school as there was no mode of transportation. Annie married a farmer, Victor…

Transcript of audio interview - First teaching job in South Athabasca. Married Carl in 1952. Offered private kindergarten in basement of the United Church. Returned to complete B.Ed. degree, majoring in English, in 1976. Taught all levels of school…

Transcript of audio interview - Told the story of her mother, Julianna, who came to Canada in 1931. Talked about how Julianna grew and sold vegetables to pay hospital bills. Mother worked in Burns Packing Plant. She moved to Baptiste Lake with…

Transcript of audio interview - Dad immigrated from the Ukraine. Parents moved from BC to Alberta, buying land for $10. Talks about growing up on the farm, school, and box socials. Married Earl and farmed homestead, cooked in camps. Catered for 40…

Transcript of audio interview - Raised in Edmonton, Bonnie’s heritage is Scottish and English. In WWI, her father was a bombardier and prisoner of war. Later, while working for Air Canada, his family received free passes to go places, and spent many…

Transcript of Audio Interview - Came to Canada in 1928 to Vermilion, AB. Dad raised the family after her Mom got ill. Talked about school years, nursing, foster care. Married Leo in 1947 (19 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Steve's dad came from the Ukraine to Canada in 1914 and his mother, in 1929. Mother assisted midwives. The family had 4 boys. Married Helen in 1960. Talked about life on the homestead, school years. Went to…

Transcript of audio interview - Talks about his family. Wife was a school teacher. Ran a recycling business; sons still run the business. Sold the weather-stripping business in 2003 and moved to Athabasca. In 2016, sons built a batting and pitching…

Transcript of Audio Interview - Married at 19, Bessie and her husband Roy homesteaded and had eight children, including five delivered at home. A daughter with celiac disease died at age 3. After fire destroyed their home, the family lived in a…

Transcript of audio interview - In 2008, Dick wrote this family history, which is read by Dick’s brother Larry Armfelt. Highlights are stories of their father and mother growing up in Denmark, then moving to Alberta to farm and living in a shack.…

Transcript of audio interview - Went to school in Edmonton. Worked in the summer at Camsell Indian Hospital. Talks about moving to Athabasca, husband opening his law practice, the ski jump, opening of the new bridge, organizations she was involved…

Transcript of audio interview - Great-grandfather came to Canada in 1883 and worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Barb went to University of Alberta and took Bachelor of Science in Nursing. While working in Westlock, met Robert and married in 1958.…