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Amelia Hillier

December 15, 1926 — October 18, 2012

Amelia "Millie" Hillier (nee Vardy)
Age 85, at Brampton Civic Hospital Wednesday, October 17, after years of valiantly battling several serious health issues.
Amelia was the epitome of resilience. Orphaned by age ten and living in very difficult circumstances, she nevertheless managed to improve her life and all those around her through her indomitable spirit. She married, moved to Toronto and raised three devoted daughters. Despite physical ailments that could fill a textbook, she never gave up her quest for better health nor her hope that she'd finally win a lottery. Generous to a fault, she always put others before herself.
Born December 15, 1926 in Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland to John and Mary (nee Keeping) Vardy. Predeceased by loving husband Gerald Stanley, and devoted and adored daughter Pat Guy. An unfathomable loss for her daughters Lorraine (husband Duncan) Green and Heather (husband Wayne) Green, son-in-law Martin Guy, grandchildren Michelle (husband Brian) Postill, Jennifer Wallace, Alexander, Brittany, Joshua, Davis and Samantha Green, and great-grandchildren Christopher, Jacob and Shelby Postill and Katie and Gavin Wallace. Sadly missed by sister Ruth Lafleche and sisters- and brothers-in-law Rosalie Hillier, Doris & Fred Pittman and Sheila & Dave Crocker, Norman & Ruby Hillier and Effie Hillier, plus nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by brother Russell and sisters Jane, Evelyn, Blanche and Irene, sisters-in-law Evelyn Hillier and Vida Hatcher and brothers-in-law Raymond Hillier, William Hillier and George Lafleche.
Proudly employed at the Dominion Store on The Westway in Etobicoke for many years, volunteer at Kipling Acres Home for the Aged and a long-standing member of St. Paul the Apostle Anglican Church in Rexdale.
Visitation at J.S. Jones Funeral Home at 11582 Trafalgar Rd in Georgetown on Monday, October 22 at 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm. Funeral on Tuesday, October 23 at 11 am at the original chapel at Meadowvale Cemetery at 7732 Mavis Road in Brampton.
Donations to Canadian Blood Services (www.blood.ca) in recognition of the hundreds of donors whose blood donations allowed Amelia to live her long life.
Thanks to the Reverend Paul Ivany, the staff of Southbrook Retirement Community, her dear friend Eileen Edwards, caregiver Sharon Teixeira, her many friends at Coscare Health Services and the gentle nurses of the Respiratory unit at Brampton Civic Hospital.

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