HETTIE BIDEWELL

HETTIE MARGARET BIDEWELL, born February 3, 1914 in municipality of Exel in the Crane Valley district, Saskatchewan in a sod shack, passed away May 16, 2006 in the Moose Jaw Union Hospital. Hettie married Henry Bidewell in 1939 in Moose Jaw where they raised their six children.  Upon Henry’s retirement they moved to the Grande Prairie area in 1974. After Henry’s passing in 1999, Hettie came to Moose Jaw for a visit in 2002 and having medical problems, remained in Moose Jaw until her passing. Predeceased by her husband, Henry – 1999; brothers: Arnold, Aylmer, Ivan and William, and grandson, Donovan Bidewell. Hettie is survived by her sister, Hilda (Jack) Casey of Langley, B.C.; her six children: Grace (Bill) Storrie of Breaverlodge, Alta., Leslie (Sandi) of Spruce Grove, Alta., Viola (Arlen) Avery of Moose Jaw, Doreen (Raymond) Saathoff of Moose Jaw, Sharon (Norbert) Jans of Grande Prairie, Alta., and Donald (Nancy) Bidewell of Bezanson, Alta., as well as twenty grandchildren, thirty-five great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and one foster niece, Maxine (Alvin) Jacobson of Calgary, Alta. and their children. The Funeral Service will be held Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in the W.J.Jones & Son Funeral Chapel, Moose Jaw.   Interment will follow at Sunset Cemetery.  For those so wishing, memorials may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 61B Ross St. W., Moose Jaw, S6H 2M2. In living memory of Hettie, a tree will be planted in Wakamow Valley by W.J.Jones & Son Funeral Home.   


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Deborah Derksen Avery - Moose Jaw: Not having a grandmother of my own since I was a little girl, I came to regard Hettie as my grandma since I married into the family.


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