Val Kildaw

Valerie Elaine Kildaw ( nee Nielsen) passed away peacefully in Calgary at the Foothills Medical Center on July 2, 2014

at the age of 64 years

Val is survived by her husband Glen; daughter Sharla (Keith Hanna); granddaughter Taylor Lowenberg, & grandson Everett. She is also survived by her sisters Marlee and Darlene (Wilfred) and numerous nieces & nephews. She was predeceased by her mother Edith,

her father Nels and her brother Niel.

Val was born February 14, 1950 in Turtleford, Sask, growing up in the Livelong area of Saskatchewan. Glen & Val met and married in 1969 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan where they lived until 1979 and then moved to Swift Current, Saskatchewan. In 1984 the family moved to Frontier, Saskatchewan where they remained for 5 years, and then

in 1988 moved to Banff, Alberta, and later to Canmore.

Val was always active in her community with various groups and charities. She loved creating things and was an avid crafter of all avenues. She owned a rubber stamping & cardmaking business in Banff for a number of years, where she met friends from all over the world; never meeting in person, but sending cards to each other frequently. She was also very talented in Knitting and Quilting, at one time the president of the local Mountain Cabin Quilters Guild in Canmore. Whenever you saw Val she was likely working on a project of some sorts. More recently Val and Sharla had their "Moms & Baby" store together in Canmore, where Val continued working on many of her crafts.

After a short battle with Ovarian Cancer, Val is now at rest.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Joy Mclean, the Bow Valley Community Cancer Center, The Canmore Hospital doctors, nurses and staff, as well as Home Care, and the Foothills Medical Center Unit 42 Nurses and doctors.

A memorial for friends and family will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, friends wishing to remember Val may make donations, in her memory to the Ovarian Cancer Canada Foundation www.ovariancanada.org.

Services provided by Russ Reynolds and Bow River Funeral Service.