Roseline Martha Hiller

     Roseline Martha Hiller, dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away from this world of pain and care on January 9, 2008 at her residence.

     Mom was born on June 29, 1932 at Silbbald, Alberta to Gustav and Emma Brust (nee Link). At the age of five she moved with her family to Cherhill, Alberta. Here she received her schooling, then worked in the area and later in Saskatoon.

     On November 14, 1952 she was wed to Edward Wilhelm Hiller at the family’s farm at Cherhill, Alberta. As a honeymoon couple, they motored to Manitoba with all her worldly belongings packed in their 1951 Oldsmobile. Her piano followed by C.N. rail. That piano gave many hours of enjoyment; there was nothing better than getting a new gospel song book and then try out some new songs. Amanda remembers as a small child standing on a chair beside her mom to sing duets in church. The piano remains in the family with Sarah following in grandma’s musical footsteps.

     Once at the farm a new life began with plenty of hard work, raising her family, milking cows by hand, raising chickens, pigs, ducks, and geese, picking stones, bindering and stooking. She always tended a big garden with hundreds of quarts of canned fruits, pickles and preserves put up for a long winter.

     Mom loved flowers wild and tame or house plants and took pride in her lovely huge perennial garden. You can be sure you would be sent home with an armful of peonies, delphiniums, dahlias, gladiolas or whatever was in bloom. She loved to share her fresh flowers with all, be it at a funeral, wedding, bridal shower, graduation or worship service. Watching for the first Golden Marsh Marigolds at the corner of #5 was a spring tradition. She was looking forward to once again getting her fingers into the soil come summer.

     Mom enjoyed reading and embroidery work and spent many hours doing both. Her embroidery work has become a keepsake for most of us.

     Even though farm life was very busy, mom always tried to attend church and felt it was important for her children to grow up in faith – the faith she had learned at the knees of her mother and father; the faith that kept her going through many tough times.

     On April 4, 2000 she renewed her faith and by confirmation became a member of the United Church of Canada. She felt it was important that we maintain our small community church.

     Mom will be deeply missed by her children, daughter Amanda and Emil Petrowski and their five children to whom she will be ever remembered as oma and great oma; Orest and fiancée Amber; Jocelyn and Ian Cottingham and their children Levi, Sienna, and Deklan, Chantelle and Dean Zamonsky, Dustin and fiancée Ciji and their two children Tyla and Carson; and Tiffany. By sons Garth and (Joyce); Mark and Marrie and their 3 children Mathew, April and Shawn who will always remember grandma; Kent and Christi and their children Sarah and Paul who will remember grandma Rosie. She is also survived by two older sisters Mary Grams of Vernon B.C. and Erna Brust of Calgary, Alberta; sister-in-law Erna Brust of Barrhead, Alberta as well as many nieces and nephews.

     She was predeceased by her parents, her husband Edward in 1995, one sister Matilda and one brother Leonard.

     Funeral service was held Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Glenella Community Hall with Rev. George Cargo officiating. Interment followed in the Goodland Cemetery, Glenella, Manitoba. Pallbearers were Harry Lazor, Leonard Mitchler, Sheldon McDonald, Roland Kuip, Gerhardt Juskowiak and Floyd Clark.

     If friends so desire, memorial donations may be made in Roseline’s memory to the St. Andrews United Church, Glenella, Manitoba, R0J 0V0.

     Clarke’s Funeral Home, Gladstone in care of arrangements.