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Carrol Burkard Obituary
Carrol Anne Burkard of Rosalind, Alberta passed away in Camrose on March 6, 2025 at the age of 80 years.
She is survived by her loving husband Leon; siblings Larry (Helen Sather), Roger, William (Carla), sister Marlene ( Lawrence) Bergquist; brother-in-law Curtis (Cindy) Mckay; numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Carrol was predeceased by her parents Ken and Edith Gerber; sister Betty Mckay and niece Jennifer Mckay.
Carrol was raised on a family farm in the Kelsey area. While attending school in Rosalind she met Leon. They married in 1967 and moved to Edmonton where Carrol began work at the University of Alberta. While working at the University she found her dream job working in the Department of Student Affairs dealing with the foreign students guiding them through their challenges of adapting to life as a student in a new country. She befriended many of these students and often invited them into her home on weekends and holidays. She enriched their lives as well as her own. She eventually became Regional Coordinator for Canadian University Services Overseas (CUSO). A highlight of this employment was a trip to Nigeria and Ghana to visit with candidates that she selected from the U of A to serve overseas. Her contributions to CUSO led to her receiving the Queen’s Jubilee Citizenship Award in 1978.
She was a country girl at heart and in 1974 she and Leon moved back to the Rosalind area and established a farm. Carrol continued her career with employment at Camrose Lutheran Augustana College and Camrose Home Care. In 2004 Carrol fully retired and devoted her energy to her garden growing flowers with a major interest in glads and lillies. Most summers her home as well as those of many friends and family were decorated with bouquets of flowers from her garden. As the physical rigours of gardening became more than she could handle she turned to genealogy another deep interest she had. She spent countless hours researching and collecting names and dates to build family trees. This research also allowed her the opportunity to travel to archives, museums and cemeteries across Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Scotland in search of family history.
Carrol possessed an accepting spirit, accepting her physical limitations placed on her by early childhood health challenges. She lived life mindful of these limitations but was determined not to allow them to rob her of her dreams. She pursued every task to the full extent of her abilities. Carrol enriched the lives of many family and friends and will be sadly missed by all.
Her life will be celebrated by a private family gathering at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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2025
Death notice for the town of: CAMROSE, Province: Alberta
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