Hilda (Long) Wickens (1928 - 2006)
It is with great sadness that the family of Hilda Wickens (nee-Long) of Belleville announces her sudden passing, to her eternal home, on Friday October 20th, 2006.
Cherished mother and dear friend of Ron & Anne Wickens, Larry & Donna Wickens, Wayne & Roni Wickens, and Carol Atherton. Predeceased by her husband of 34 years, John (Jack) Wickens and her precious grandson Joshua John Wickens.
Hilda touched the lives of many, including her beloved grandchildren Brandon, Jenna, Stephen, Stacey, Kara, Kayne, Makenzie, Lindsay, Meghan, Robert, John, Calie and her treasured great granddaughter Brylind.
She is remembered with love by her brother Arthur Long and his wife Ruth of Shannonville. Our mother has been reunited with her parents Clarence and Roxanne (Gray) Long and her brother Charles Long and his wife Leola formerly of Shannonville. She is fondly remembered by her many nieces and nephews and her extended family of friends.
Raised in Shannonville, Hilda was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother and spent much of her life caring for others. Always one to share her many blessings, she was the first to volunteer her time and had, over the years, dedicated countless hours to supporting her faith community, the Belleville General Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and the Community Development Council of Quinte's community garden program. Her greatest joy, however, was her grandchildren, on whom she doted, and in whose eyes she saw eternal promise and hope. It is through them that her kind and gentle spirit lives on.
As was her way and in the spirit of giving, the family welcomes memorial donations in her name to the Community Develpment Council of Quinte's Good Baby Box Program or the Christ Church Bell Tower Fund.
A celebration of our mother's life will be held on Wednesday October 25th, at 2:00 p.m. at her dearly loved Christ Church, 39 Everett Street, Belleville. The family will receive friends at the JOHN R. BUSH FUNERAL HOME, 80 Highland Avenue, Belleville on Tuesday evening October 24th, from 7:00 .m.-9:00 p.m. and at Christ Church at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday October 25th, 2006.
Please join us as we extend our thanks and share memories of our very own earth angel.
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