Lucille Marie-Jeanne Hafner
March 4, 1934- December 27, 2018
As published in the February 11, 2019 World-Spectator
Lucille Marie-Jeanne Hafner, known to her family and friends as Lucy, was born on the family farm at St. Vincent, Alberta on March 4, 1934. Lucy was the sixth child of thirteen children born to Ludger and Theodora Bilodeau. As the family grew, the Bilodeaus moved to a farm near Ste. Lina where Lucy finished her schooling.
Lucy moved to Vancouver to work and lived with her sister Julie and their family. On the way home on the bus, Lucy met Morley who happened to live next door. They started up a conversation and Lucy and Morley were married in Vancouver on June 13th, 1953. They took the train to Moosomin to meet Morley’s parents, Paul and Frieda Hafner and Lucy saw for the first time, the farm that she would later call home. After four more years in Vancouver, in 1957, Morley and Lucy decided to follow their dream and moved to the Hafner family farm in Red Jacket, Sask.
Lucy and Morley welcomed their daughter Donalda in 1959 and their son Bruce in 1960 to their family. Throughout the years, Scott Russell and Scott Haines both resided at the farm before embarking on their own lives. Donalda married Kerry Johnson and Bruce married Lynne Hall. Lucy was blessed with four grandchildren, Tristan Johnson, Gillian Johnson, Cory Hafner and Kyle Hafner. She was very proud of all of her grandchildren. She was fortunate to be called Grandma Lucy by a lot of little ones.
Morley and Lucy had a mixed grain farm and raised animals on the family farm near Red Jacket where they made their home until Morley’s passing. Lucy kept a large garden and raised chickens for market in the fall. In later years, Lucy worked in the Uptown Bar and the Country Squire. She had a great memory and loved working with people.
Lucy loved to travel and her and Morley used to leave for a month in the winter to travel around the US. They explored all the states and met many wonderful friends on their journeys. When driving wasn’t an option any longer, they flew to Toronto to see their daughter Donalda and son in law Kerry and spent an afternoon, taking the streetcar from one end of the city to the other. They loved the open road and experiencing what life offered.
After Morley passed away in 1992, Lucy continued her travels. She joined some of her sisters to travel to Lourdes in France and then onto Switzerland to meet Morley’s family. Lucy, along with her sisters Denise, Georgette and Madeleine, took a tour to the East coast of Canada. She loved the Celtic music in Nova Scotia, and Anne of Green Gables in PEI. She also took a cruise to see her nephew get married. Lucy enjoyed a driving trip to St. Paul, Alberta in July to attend the 65th wedding anniversary of her brother Romeo and his wife Laurette. She had a wonderful visit with family and was thrilled to have made the trip.
Lucy enjoyed her annual trips to Vancouver to see her family and escape the cold for a few weeks. Her sisters are quilters while Lucy was a crafter with wool. She must have made over two hundred sweaters for all those who wished to have one. She especially enjoyed making sweaters for the little ones and cherished the pictures and cards of thanks that she received for her crafts. Wool was stored throughout her home and she would sometimes find some when she was looking for something else.
Lucy loved her interactions with her friends on coffee row and the time she spent with her special friend John Selby. John and Lucy would travel to towns for fowl suppers, make the trips to the Casinos to try their luck and enjoy life. They went often twice a day for coffee and took numerous meals together at all their common haunts, steak on Thursdays, chicken on Tuesdays, fish on Friday and Sundays were often the suppers they found in the communities. These were special days in Lucy’s life.
Lucy is survived by her daughter Donalda, son-in-law Kerry Johnson, daughter in law Lynne Hafner, grandchildren Tristan (Kelly), Gillian, Cory (Eden and Blakely) and Kyle, sisters Julie Carrier (Marcel), Madeleine Ouellette, Denise Carr, Lillian Bilodeau, (Leon) and brothers, Romeo Bilodeau (Laurette) and Lionel Bilodeau (Carol), sister-in-law Valerie Sander and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Morley Hafner, son Bruce Hafner, parents Ludger and Theodora Bilodeau, father and mother-in-law Paul and Frieda Hafner, sisters Helene Dion, Aline Dale, Georgette Lafreniere, brothers Leo in infancy, Adelard Bilodeau and Roland Bilodeau. Brothers-in-law, Roger Dion, Robert Dale, Pat Dale, Bill Carr, Noel Ouellette, Albert Lafreniere, Art Sander and sisters-in-law Murielle Bilodeau and Juliette Bilodeau.
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