Tombstone Tuesday: MULLER, Kelly

Kelly Muller's full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory

Kelly D. Muller

1964 - 1982

Son & Brother

Kelly D. Muller born in 1964 was the second born son of Lloyd Muller and Doreen (Rask) Muller. He has one elder brother and sister and one younger sister and died at age 17-8.

"He attended Foxdale School and was in grade twelve in Shellbrook at the time of his death on 1 January 1982. [...] The children have taken a number of different projects: cooking, sewing, outdoorsman, beef, and woodwork. Kelly had made a miniature bat and ball on the lathe with woodburning imprints when he was ten--leader was Robert Henry. It was always a keepsake."²

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Kelly Muller grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Lloyd Muller Story." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 117-118. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: COLES, Francis

Francis Coles' full grave site.¹

In Loving
Memory
Francis Mary
Coles
1985 - 1978
Rest in Peace

Wife & Mother

Francis Mary "Fay" Harding was born 20 December 1896 to George Harding and Elizabeth (Brunt) Harding of Mells, Somerset, England. The Hardings were farmers and Francis trained as a nurse at Salisbury.

Franics wed Donald Lewis Coles on 2 July 1925 in England. Together they had three children, one son and two daughters.

Francis immigrated to Canada with her new husband in 1925 and in spring of 1928 the family of three, after the birth of their son, returned to England for Don to receive medical treatment for his WWI injury. She then travelled with her husband and son as Donald worked showing tractors across Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt.

Farming in Canada, Francis had adventures in growing Indian hemp for rope (which the Department of Agriculture took a dim view of), reversing up hills in Ford Model T's when the cars were unable to drive up said hills, sewing up neighbours when they lost battles with saws, axes, and other objects, collecting skates for the children in Depression of the the 1930s, handling the farm while her husband Donald fought in WWII, and other pioneer adventures.

Following her husband's death in 1965 Francis learning to drive a car herself and moved from the farm in 1967 to Shellbrook where she resided until her death on 8 March 1978 at age 81 years, 2 months, and 16 days.

Sources
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Francis Coles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Don and Fay Coles." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 52-54. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: COLES, Donald

Donald Coles' full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory Of
Donald Lewis Coles
Born Hamstead, England
Feb. 5, 1897
Came to Foxdale In 1920
Served His Country
In Two World Wars
1915-1978      1941-1946
Died July 14, 1964
Beloved Husband Of
Frances Mary

Rest In Peace

Like all pioneers, Donald lead an interesting life that involved a fair amount of travel abroad as learned from from Out Harvest of Memories (1983)².

Donald Lewis "Don" Coles was born 5 February 1897 to Alexander Coles and Annie (Lea) Coles of London, England. His service in WWI was with the British Army and WWII with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Donald immigrated to the Foxdale district in 1919-20 where he filed on homestead SE 6-52-2-3-W3 and purchased the quarter section, with house, of NW 19-51-2-3-W3.

Donald returned to England to wed Frances Mary "Fay" Harding on 2 July 1925. Together they had three children, one son and two daughters.

The newlyweds returned to Canada within the year and in spring 1928 the family of three returned to England for Don to receive medical treatment for his WWI injury. After that time, he joined an engineering firm and demonstrated tractors in exhibitions across Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt before returning to Foxdale in 1931.

In the community Don served for many years on the school board, was for a time a Justice of Peace in the area, was active in the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) political party. He had just retired from farming in the spring of 1965 when he died at age 68 years, 5 months, 2 days.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Donald Coles grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Don and Fay Coles." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 52-54. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: EARBY, Clifford

Clifford Earby's full grave site.

In Loving Memory
Clifford Earby
1895 - 1983

Husband   Father
Grandfather

Too much interesting things in Our Harvest of Memories (1983) history book so here are some vital dates.²

Clifford Earby was born 27 April 1895 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England to Edwin Earby and Martha (Johnson) Earby.

The Earby family immigrated to Canada in 1907 and arrived at Hartney, Manitoba on 27 April. In 1911 the family moved to Redvers, Saskatchewan and in 1917 they moved north and began homesteading in the Foxdale District.

Clifford wed Dorothy Elizabeth Strike of the Three Creeks District on 20 December 1932. Together they had a daughter and a son.

Source:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Clifford Earby grave markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Clifford and Dorothy Earby." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 61-62. Print.