MINNIE GEREMIA

1924 - 2002

Veronica Minnie Toker Geremia, beloved wife of the late Peter Geremia, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2002 at the age of 78 years.
Minnie was the sixth child born to William and Dora Toker on February 20, 1924. She lived on her father’s farm north of Vauxhall until about the eighth grade when she and her younger sister moved to Lethbridge to work in the kitchen at St. Michael’s Hospital. There she met her future husband , and she married Peter Geremia in September 1945. She then moved to his family farm and had their first two children of two girls Donna and Carol. Six years later they purchased their own farm two miles south of Retlaw. They had two more children, a boy Gerald (Butch) and another girl Susan. Minnie enjoyed music and dances, which she and her husband attended many of in their younger days. She and Peter lived and farmed in Retlaw until Peter’s passing in 1982. Minnie then moved to to Vauxhall, where she lived for several years until August 1995 when she became a resident of Clearview Lodge. In January 1998 she moved to Taber Continuing Care due to failing health. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and was good at sewing and crocheting. She was a good friend to the neighbours in her community and a loving mom and grandma to her kids and grandchildren.
Minnie will be sadly missed by her children Donna (Jerry) Ellerman and their children Darryl (Nancy) and Michelle (Walter); Carol (Gordon) Egeland and children Tracy (Tara), Allan (Holly) and Sandi (David); Gerald “Butch” (Diana) Geremia and their children Jamie, Ryan and Karrie; Susan (Bob) Stauth and their children Dusty, Sheri and Kristie; six great grandchildren; two sisters Molly and Jean; three brothers Alec, Bill and Alfie and also numerous nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Peter in 1982; brothers Johnny, George, Pete, Mike and sisters Mary, Anne and Eileen.
Relatives and friends were invited for Prayers at the Southland Funeral Chapel, 5006 - 48 Avenue, Taber on Monday, May 13, 2002 at 7:00 P.M.
The Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 324 - 2 Avenue North, Vauxhall on Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 11:00 A.M. with Reverend Eric Nelson Celebrant. Interment took place at the Taber Memorial Garden.
If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Alzheimer Association, 426 - 5 Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 2B7 or to the Taber Hospital Foundation, Continuing Care, 4326 - 50 Avenue, Taber, Alberta T1G 1N9.