Stocking, Heather

Transcript of audio interview - Win was raised on a farm in Howsam, Saskatchewan. At times, wind, rain and snow made travelling very difficult, and Win’s father even bought a snow plane to get over snow drifts. Following high school, Win became a lab tech, married and then raised a son and daughter. Her family moved from Saskatchewan to Edmonton when Win became a Tupperware distributor. While it was lots of hard work, many travel opportunities resulted. She was in Toastmaster for twenty years, and following retirement, was also very involved in Athabasca United Church and singing in a choir (36 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - From the Ukraine to Halifax to Winnipeg and finally to northern Alberta, Jerry’s maternal grandparents homesteaded in the Paxson area, close to where Jerry has lived most of his life. During WWII, his father was in the army, and after serving for two years, was able to get a truck. This launched a multi-generation business in trucking. Jerry trucked throughout western Canada, and especially to Yellowknife, and also developed and ran service stations in the Grassland area. In addition, he shares stories of his work overseeing platform construction projects for the North Warning System for NORAD all across northern Canada. He continues to help in the family business, and also volunteers with the Grassland fire department (16 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Gladys shares early farm stories, including picking rocks, stooking hay, threshing, gardening and raising farm animals. When growing up, school, 4-H, church and community activities were important. As an adult, Gladys pursued secretarial and nursing training and work, raised four sons, helped with farming and taught sewing. A member of the Perryvale Ladies’ Club for more than 50 years, she continues to volunteer for bingo and other community events (11 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Raised in Innisfail, Bruce has had a varied career from running a dairy to selling life insurance to becoming a minister. Bruce shares stories of living in Athabasca for 20 years, from being the Athabasca United Church minister to several community activities and pursuits, including the high school parents’ council, healing touch group, Keepers of the Water, philosophy club and drumming. Throughout, he is passionate about activism and storytelling (33 pages)

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 summers with family in Ontario. Throughout Bonnie’s junior and secondary school, and continuing in university, she excelled in sports, and became a phys ed teacher. After raising five children, she loved teaching and coaching in Rochester and Athabasca (13 pages)

Transcript of audio interview - Arno shares stories of his father and mother, Hans and Rita Birkigt. Hans was born in Germany, fought in WWI, then immigrated to Canada in 1928. Rita was born in Edmonton and fought in WWII. Hans loved to hunt and ran a goods and trapping supply store in Athabasca, and Rita helped in the store and on their farm. Their fur trade story is a poignant trading post story from Athabasca (15 pages)