![]() ![]() Mom was welcomed home by her Savior, Jesus Christ, on November 22 at the age of 94. But this is what got her to 94 years old. She had an independent nature which also made her feisty and stubborn. And if she could sneak in a kiss she would. She loved to receive hugs and was always ready to give one. But through that her true spirit and character still shone through. She finally arrived there on October 26, 2017.Īs these last three years went by she experienced a steady increase with dementia. Pierre Hospital where she spent 6 months waiting for placement at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Steinbach. After 8 months there, and numerous falls, she ended up at St. In 1993, she married her second husband, Lawrence Hiebert, and moved to Winkler where she lived until she needed more care in 2016, when she was moved to Greendale in Grunthal. She came home with many stories to share with us over the years. She loved her work, her co-workers, and the many patients that she had the privilege to care for. She worked at Rest Haven Nursing Home and Bethesda Personal Care Home, both in Steinbach. This was an accomplishment to be proud of. She achieved this goal and took upgrading courses over the years to keep her job current. But in her early fifties she decided to take some courses and become a nurse’s aide. With the many years of raising a family this dream would not come true. One of mom’s life’s dreams was to become a nurse. She loved any time that was spent together with them, whether it was just a visit, playing games, phone calls, sleepovers, or just some good hugs and kisses. She loved each one of her grandchildren and great grandchildren uniquely and individually and she faithfully prayed for each one of them. And the time and energy put into preparing for holiday gatherings was second to none. She was always prepared with lots of food regardless of when we would pop by. It was always with big open arms, hugs and kisses that we were greeted and welcomed home. ![]() She had such a big heart for her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. One thing that stands out as adult children, is, as kids, especially the youngest four girls, over the years there would be a lot of pretend funerals and weddings together with the neighbourhood kids and mom always let them use her wedding dress for these pretend weddings.WOW! Whether it was playing inside with one of us kids, or having almost the whole neighbourhood play outside on the yard. Mom never turned away the neighbourhood kids. Missionaries were always welcomed to make our home their home during the church’s annual missionary conference. The list of guests included, of course, family, from near and far.’dit seid’ and ‘yan seid’. In our growing up years, our home was always a ‘gathering’ place. Once her eyesight failed, making it too difficult to read, she depended on others to read her Bible to her, and she always welcomed prayers.īesides being a gifted caregiver, mom had the gift of hospitality. Countless times over the years we would find her reading her Bible and praying. On top of weekly Sunday morning and evening services she regularly attended Wednesday evening prayer meetings. Working in the nursery, choir, ladies auxiliary, and helping in the kitchen, which included many church functions, weddings and funerals. ![]() Her church life was an extension of who she was and what she did. On a side note.in her early eighties we would still find her climbing on top of dressers to do some cleaning. When she wasn’t doing the previously mentioned things, you would find her house cleaning, waxing floors, mowing the lawn, planting flowers and numerous times over the years she also scraped and repainted the exterior of the house, not afraid to be up on the scaffolding. ![]() In her ‘spare’ time, when she had some, she enjoyed doing handwork. This included many things such as gardening & canning, cooking & baking, sewing many dresses for the girls, especially for Christmas, Easter and some graduations, etc. Her role at home was always that of a caregiver. She married Walter Gerbrandt at the age of 20 and went on to have 7 children. She was the youngest of 12 children.Īs a teenager, she worked in Winnipeg as a nanny for a Jewish family, always bringing her pay cheque home to her parents to help with their finances. Our mom, Tina, was born on Septemto Bernhard & Katharine Doell in the Municipality of Rhineland, Plum Coulee area. Obituary of Tina Hiebert-Gerbrandt (nee Doell) ![]()
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