Mrs. Lanka Helen Pendergast, a long-time resident of the Rimbey area, passed away in the Red Deer Hospice on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at the age of 75 years after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family.
Born at Vermillion, Alberta, on March 4, 1931, Lanka was predeceased by her husband, Hugh Pendergast, daughter, Laura Jean Webber, her parents, Paul and Julia Garnick, brothers, Zoley and Chester, sister, Margaret Tschabold, and granddaughter, Jody Peterson.
Lanka will be lovingly remembered by her children, Irma (Pete) Thibodeau, Julie (Jim) Peterson, Goldie (Dave) Edwards, Dennis (Jalane) Pendergast, Donna (Murry) Heilemann, son-in-law; Dale Webber, fourteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, one brother; John (Margaret) Garnick, three sisters-in-law; Carole Garnick, Olive Harrison, Alma Gray, one brother-in-law; Ed Tschabold and many cherished friends.
Funeral services were held from the Christian Reformed Church in Rimbey, Alberta, on Friday, January 26, 2007, at 2:30 PM with Reverend
Deborah Laing officiating. Interment of cremated remains will follow in the Mount Auburn Cemetery.
If friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the Rimbey Drop-In Centre or to the Red Deer Hospice Society.
Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family at wfch@telusplanet.net, subject heading (Pendergast) Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium serving Central Alberta with locations in Rimbey and Lacombe, in charge of the arrangements.