1932 - 2010
Alarine Edna Kress, beloved wife of Dan Kress of Bow Island, passed
away after a thirty year battle with Parkinson’s Disease at the Bow
Island Health Centre on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the age of 77 years.
The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Michael's Catholic
Church, 1113 - 1 Street East, Bow Island on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at
10:00 A.M. with Reverend Fred Monk Celebrant. Burial Service will
follow at the Bow Island Cemetery. Condolences may be forwarded by
visiting our website at www.southlandfuneral.com.
Besides her loving husband Dan, Alarine is survived by her daughters
Donna Shield of Calgary, Debbie (John) Middleton-Hope of Lethbridge,
Darla (Brian) Stensrud of Bow Island and daughter-in-law Karen Kress
of Claresholm; grandchildren Wayne, Kelly, Michael, Jodie, Bobbie,
Lindsay, Courtney, Tanner, Tristan, Ryan and Chris; great
grandchildren Mason, Katie, Ambreah, Jaxon, Sydney, Charlize and
Logan. She is also survived by her sister Eileen (Bob) Bridle of
Kelowna, brothers Ron (LaVerne) Rosie of Sylvan Lake, Ken (Sheila)
Rosie of Swift Current and by numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her son Dwight Kress in 1986.
Alarine was born December 6, 1932 in Climax, Saskatchewan to Jim &
Leila Rosie and was raised in Orkney, Saskatchewan.
Alarine and Dan were married in 1950 and started their life together
on a small farm at Hays. In 1968, as a result of Dan’s employment with
the United Grain Growers, they packed up their four children and over
the next ten years moved through the communities of Queenstown,
Raymond, Granum and finally Bow Island where they settled in 1978.
Alarine was employed by the Alberta Treasury Branch and was active in
supporting the community.
Alarine loved to garden in the summer and curl in the winter. She
was an accompolished seamstress and took pride in creating clothing
for her children. In her later years, she switched from curling to
being a "hockey grandma", cheering on her grandchildren at the many
games and tournaments.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Alarine’s name may be
made directly to the Parkinson’s Society of Southern Alberta, 1254 - 3
Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0J9.
Arrangements in care of Southland Funeral Chapel, Taber. Telephone:
(403) 223-8778.
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Obituaries - Lethbridge area 
1932 - 2010
Alarine Edna Kress, beloved wife of Dan Kress of Bow Island, passed
away after a thirty year battle with Parkinson’s Disease at the Bow
Island Health Centre on Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the age of 77 years.
The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Michael's Catholic
Church, 1113 - 1 Street East, Bow Island on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at
10:00 A.M. with Reverend Fred Monk Celebrant. Burial Service will
follow at the Bow Island Cemetery. Condolences may be forwarded by
visiting our website at www.southlandfuneral.com.
Besides her loving husband Dan, Alarine is survived by her daughters
Donna Shield of Calgary, Debbie (John) Middleton-Hope of Lethbridge,
Darla (Brian) Stensrud of Bow Island and daughter-in-law Karen Kress
of Claresholm; grandchildren Wayne, Kelly, Michael, Jodie, Bobbie,
Lindsay, Courtney, Tanner, Tristan, Ryan and Chris; great
grandchildren Mason, Katie, Ambreah, Jaxon, Sydney, Charlize and
Logan. She is also survived by her sister Eileen (Bob) Bridle of
Kelowna, brothers Ron (LaVerne) Rosie of Sylvan Lake, Ken (Sheila)
Rosie of Swift Current and by numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her son Dwight Kress in 1986.
Alarine was born December 6, 1932 in Climax, Saskatchewan to Jim &
Leila Rosie and was raised in Orkney, Saskatchewan.
Alarine and Dan were married in 1950 and started their life together
on a small farm at Hays. In 1968, as a result of Dan’s employment with
the United Grain Growers, they packed up their four children and over
the next ten years moved through the communities of Queenstown,
Raymond, Granum and finally Bow Island where they settled in 1978.
Alarine was employed by the Alberta Treasury Branch and was active in
supporting the community.
Alarine loved to garden in the summer and curl in the winter. She
was an accompolished seamstress and took pride in creating clothing
for her children. In her later years, she switched from curling to
being a "hockey grandma", cheering on her grandchildren at the many
games and tournaments.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Alarine’s name may be
made directly to the Parkinson’s Society of Southern Alberta, 1254 - 3
Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0J9.
Arrangements in care of Southland Funeral Chapel, Taber. Telephone:
(403) 223-8778.