It is with great sadness that we share the sudden passing of Lillian Beatrice Longacre, on December 26 at
her home in Red Deer AB.

Lillian was born January 17, 1932 at home, the youngest and 12th child of Fred and Ferol (Baker)
Longacre, in Retlaw Alberta. Affectionately called Lilly, she grew up in a musical family where she
learned the piano and played with the family orchestra performing in and around southern Alberta.

Lillian, along with her two sisters, Ethel and Helen, started working at the Retlaw Alberta Government
Telephone Company (AGT) at the age of 13. Lillian continued her employment with AGT when she
moved to Picture Butte a year later, with Helen as her boss, to operate the telephone office. She would
then move to Lethbridge Alberta to pursue her career with AGT.

In 1953 Lillian married William (Bill) Ramage in Lethbridge, where they raised their daughter, Debra. Still
employed at AGT, now Telus, Lillian would later relocate to Grand Prairie and then Edmonton Alberta.
After retiring she moved to Victoria BC to be near her daughter, and grandchildren.

In her later years, Lilly would move back to Alberta, living in Red Deer, to be closer to her beloved sisters,
Helen and Ethel, spending much of their time together as they did when they were growing up. In these
years Lillian would write poetry. Using her beautiful thoughts of encouragement and support to create
cards, which were sold in Banff and Edmonton. Lilly would meet Wayne Paul in Red Deer and they would
be together until his passing in 2010.

Lillian is predeceased by her parents Fred and Ferol Longacre, her brothers Fred, Louis, Leonard, Norman
and Jim, and her sisters Blanche, Eldora, Lila, Flora, Ethel and Helen. Lillian is survived by her daughter
Debra (Ramage) Taylor, her grandchildren, Carly (Taylor) Hunter, Graham Taylor, and by her grandchildren
Leith and Torin Hunter.

Lilly would be a constant in the lives of her two closest sisters and their children. She will always be
loved and remembered as a caring and generous sister, mother, grandmother, auntie and friend.

• Date : 2024-12-24
• Location : Red Deer Funeral Home