STEVENSON, MYRTLE “MERT” FRANCES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 2, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
MERT WAS BORN NOVEMBER 17, 1902 AT LEWISTON, IDAHO. SHE CAME TO CLARESHOLM IN 1903. SHE AND HER BROTHER MERLE WERE AMONG THE FIRST STUDENTS TO ATTEND NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL, SOUTHWEST OF CLARESHOLM FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF HER PARENTS ALEXANDER AND FRANCES STEVENSON. MERT CONTINUED TO FARM WITH HER BROTHERS UNTIL 1955.
MERT, AS SHE CALLED HERSELF, LOVED BEING ABLE TO HELP HER FAMILY. SHE WAS WITH HER SISTER EDITH TO HELP RAISE HER CHILD FROM THE AGE OF TWO YEARS. SHE WOULD MOVE IN WITH HER SISTERS AND HELP FOR A TIME THEN MOVE BACK LATER. SHE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING. IT WAS AS IF HER MISSION IN LIFE WAS TO BE OF SERVICE TO HER FAMILY AND SHE WAS WILLING TO COOK MEALS BUT SHE MOSTLY LIKED TO CLEAN AND BAKE. SHE COULD BUILD FENCE OR OPERATE MACHINERY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED CROCHETING AND SEWING, ESPECIALLY FOR HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS COSTUMES OR UNIFORMS, SHE THOUGHT THE WORLD OF THEM. MERT ALSO ENJOYED ATTENDING LIVESTOCK SHOWS ESPECIALLY TO SEE THE HEAVY DRAFT HORSES. SHE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE FOOTHILL REBEKAH LODGE #105, CLARESHOLM.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, TWO BROTHERS CLAUDE AND MERLE, TWO SISTERS MARGARET PALMER, EDITH BARNES, BOTHER-IN-LAW BILL BARNES AND A COUSIN JOHN STEVENSON.
INTERMENT IN THE FAMILY PLOT CLARESHOLM CEMETERY.
STEVENSON, MYRTLE “MERT” FRANCES PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY DECEMBER 2, 1995 AT VULCAN, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 92 YEARS.
MERT WAS BORN NOVEMBER 17, 1902 AT LEWISTON, IDAHO. SHE CAME TO CLARESHOLM IN 1903. SHE AND HER BROTHER MERLE WERE AMONG THE FIRST STUDENTS TO ATTEND NORTHERN LIGHT SCHOOL, SOUTHWEST OF CLARESHOLM FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF HER PARENTS ALEXANDER AND FRANCES STEVENSON. MERT CONTINUED TO FARM WITH HER BROTHERS UNTIL 1955.
MERT, AS SHE CALLED HERSELF, LOVED BEING ABLE TO HELP HER FAMILY. SHE WAS WITH HER SISTER EDITH TO HELP RAISE HER CHILD FROM THE AGE OF TWO YEARS. SHE WOULD MOVE IN WITH HER SISTERS AND HELP FOR A TIME THEN MOVE BACK LATER. SHE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING. IT WAS AS IF HER MISSION IN LIFE WAS TO BE OF SERVICE TO HER FAMILY AND SHE WAS WILLING TO COOK MEALS BUT SHE MOSTLY LIKED TO CLEAN AND BAKE. SHE COULD BUILD FENCE OR OPERATE MACHINERY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED CROCHETING AND SEWING, ESPECIALLY FOR HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS COSTUMES OR UNIFORMS, SHE THOUGHT THE WORLD OF THEM. MERT ALSO ENJOYED ATTENDING LIVESTOCK SHOWS ESPECIALLY TO SEE THE HEAVY DRAFT HORSES. SHE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE FOOTHILL REBEKAH LODGE #105, CLARESHOLM.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, TWO BROTHERS CLAUDE AND MERLE, TWO SISTERS MARGARET PALMER, EDITH BARNES, BOTHER-IN-LAW BILL BARNES AND A COUSIN JOHN STEVENSON.
INTERMENT IN THE FAMILY PLOT CLARESHOLM CEMETERY.
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