S.L.M. Keis

K.F. married B.M. Clark [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Graham married V.M. Strome [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary:
Milton Harvey Strome was born in the village of Manheim, Ontario on Sept.
8, 1889 and he passed away in the Castor Hospital on Oct. 20, 1968 at the age of 70 years.
He came with his parents to Sedgewick, AB in the spring of 1906. He and his brothers moved to the Bulwark district in 1914. In 1917 on June 7th, Mr Strome was united in mariage to Pearl Agnes Weeks. They resided three miles North of Castor until 1946 when they moved South of town where they resided until 1962. They then retired to live in Castor.
Mr. Strome was predeceased by one son, Henry in 1950. He leaves to mourn his passing his loving wife; 5 sons - Clarence, Wesley, Walter, and Daniel of Castor, AB, Ernest of Edmonton. 8 daughters - Mary Anne(Mrs Art Pederson) of Blackfalds, AB, Hazel-Mrs. John Annett of Fleet; Elsina of Castor; Dora (Mrs Daniel Morasch) of Castor; Violet (Mrs Graham Clark) of Ladner B. C.; Susan (Mrs James Bedson) of Brownfield; Beatrice (Mrs. Victor Tschritter) of Edmonton; Ruby (Mrs David Lapetinsky) of Edmonton; 46 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, besides many other relatives and friends.
The pall bearers were six of the sons-in-law; Messrs. Pedersen, Annett, Morasch, Bedson, Tschritter, and Lapetinsky.
The funeral service was conducted in the Missionary Church in Castor. Rev. H. A. Traub officiated. Lissack Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Source; Castor Advance Newspaper



The Strome Family Story
Michael and Mary Anne Strome and two of their sons, William and Milton, came to Alberta in the spring of 1905, by CNR, with a load of settlers' effects. They had a cow, a bull, a walking plough and their household furnishings.
The CNR brought them by way of Camrose which was then the end of steel on that line. From there they drove to Daysland and on to Sedgewick, where they took homesteads. Two other sons, Edwin and Noah came out in 1904, looking for work. They were already located in the Sedgewick area.
In 1907, the father, Michael, took sick with inflammatory rheumatism and died in June. He was buried on the homestead which is now a big wheat field.
In 1914, William and Milton moved across the river to the Bulwark area where they bought a section of land from Tom Gorrell for $16,000. They farmed it in partnership until 1917, when Milton and Pearl Weeks were married. William took over the section himself, but he lost it in 1924.
Noah had a hotel in Sedgewick that burned down, sohe started on in Alliance and built a house there too. He and his family lived there until 1918 when they sold eveything and went back to Berlin, Ontario,now known as Kitchener. He and his family of 9 still live there.
Milton and I (Pearl) made our first home on the old Walter Pyle place in the Beaverdale district, North of Castor. Later we moved to a farm just West of Pilsworths in the Beaverdale district. Then Milton bought a half-section South of Castor, where we lived until retiring to live in town.
Milton has passed on, but I am still living in my own home. We had fourteen children and most of them live in and near Castor. I enjoy my grandchildren- over 50 of them.

Milton married Pearl Agness Weeks on 7 Jun 1917 in Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada. Pearl (daughter of Ira Weeks and Roxy Alvina Andress) was born on 13 Mar 1900 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jul 1987 in Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 28 Jul 1987 in Castor Cemetery, Castor, Paintearth County, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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*1901 Census Norfolk 93 c-2 Middleton, Page 6, Line 10, Ontario*
Weeks, Pearl A., Female, White, Daughter, Single, Born Mar. 13, 1900, Age 1, English, Baptist


Obituary:
Mrs. Pearl Agnes Strome passed away in Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor on Saturday, July 25, 1987 at the age of 87 years.
Born March 13, 1900 at Tillsonburg, Ontario, her parents, Roxy and Ira Weeks and five children travelled out west in 1904 by ox-cart to the Bulwark District east of Castor, where they took up farming. Two more children were born into the family after settling in Alberta. In 1911, their mother became ill and died at the age of 35 years, leaving seven children and their father to carry on. One sister Elsie age 16 and one brother George, age 11 died in 1922. Her Dad died in 1951 and one sister Clara in 1957.
Pearl received her schooling for the few years she was able to attend at Knob Hill School. In 1917, she was united in marriage to Milton Strome and lived on a farm North of Castor. To this union were born 14 children, six boys and 8 girls. Later in 1947 they moved to a farm South of Castor and finally into Castor in 1960 when her husband's health was failing and he could no longer farm.
Pearl did a lot of sewing, making clothes for the kids and quilts for the beds, and she could always be heard singing her favorite hymns while she was sewing. She loved putting quilts together which she did right up until her last year and even though she had little spare time she always read her Bible and kept in touch by sending cards and letters to relatives far away. She liked canning, baking and cooking and she lived to have folks come and join the family at meal time. Her greatest joy possible, was her family, relatives and host of friends visiting her in her home, which she always enjoyed.
Predeceased by her husband Milton in 1968, one son Henry in 1952, one grandson Robert in 1978 and a son Walter in 1979, Pearl is survived by four sons; Clarence, Ernest and Daniel (Elda) all of Castor and Wesley (Marjorie) of Red Deer. eight daughters, Mrs Mary Ann (Art) Pedersen of Lacombe, Mrs Hazel (John) Annett of Fleet, Elsina of Castor, Mrs Dora (Dan) Morasch of Halkirk, Mrs Violet (Graham) Clark of Vancouver, Mrs Susanna (Jim) Bedson of Brownfield, Mrs Beatrice (Vic) Tschritter of Ardrossen and Mrs Ruby (Dave) Lopetinsky of Edmonton, 50 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers - Ross of Stettler and Omar of Kelowna, B.C., one sister Hazel Wilkie of Calgary and numerous nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at 3 pm onTuesday July 28, 1987 in the Castor Community Hall with Rev.Lance Duncalfe officiating. Interment followed in the Castor Cemetery.
If friends desire, any memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donors choice.
Parkview Funeral Chapels Ltd of Castor, Coronation and Consort in charge of the arrangements.

Source; Castor Advance newspaper July 30, 1987