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ALARINE KRESS

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ALARINE KRESS

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.
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.