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Note: A Tribute to Grandma Hillman who passed away April 28, 1983
FOR GRANDMA Everything about her was regal . . . her intelligence, her strength, her bearing and her pride. Her stubborn pride was unsurpassable, but there was much reason for pride. Anna . . . Mother . . . Grandma . . . all those people rolled into one lovely person who meant so much to so many. Anna . . . a friend and neighbor; loving and jealous wife - doting on all Grandpa's whims, even in their last years together, perservering the trials of raising six youngsters amidst the hardships and unforgiving uncertainties of farm life; having the knack for making silk purses from sow's ears - nevertheless, instilling all the values and virtues in her children to make them loving and caring parents and partners. And most of all . . . Grandma. So very special to such a burgeoning clan. So sharp and "with-it", even through the upheaval of the impossible-to-comprehend 60's. From covered wagons to space age and video games - even when the eyesight failed so badly and "keeping-with-it" had to be learned from records and tapes! The joy expressed from having her clan around her. Memories of the pink bathtub for babies, the irrigation ditch, homemade rolls, the "cracks" and the taste of juicy homegrown tomatoes. A perennial contest between Grandma and Grandpa for quality and quantity. No matter how good Grandpa's were, she always say hers were better. Always opening her home to all the family and tag-a-longs she could accommodate . . and even those she couldn't. Then Grandpa was gone and her purpose to be, left with him. She always knew the way things would be - resenting the inevitable, as we all do, but in her keen way, knowing what had to be. Not particularly gracious about accepting her new life style, her broken hip, and finally the Care Center her family had tried so desperately to keep her from. Her pride kept her with us until the physical strength gave out. Oh, how she'll be missed -- but more than being missed, she will be remembered as such a very special, wonderful person -- Grandma. Written by Nancy (Tobin) Humpal
OBITUARY
Anna Magdelene Hillman Services for Anna M. Hillman, 95 year old resident of New Plymouth, who died Thursday, April 28, 1983, in an Emmett nursing home, were conducted Thursday, May 3, in the Shaffer-Jensen Chapel, New Plymouth, with the Rev. Earl Traughber, of the New Plymouth Congregational Church, officiating. Interment was in Parkview Cemetery, New Plymouth. She was born Feb. 26, 1888, in Adams, Nebraska, daughter of Ferdinand and Anna Diehm. She was reared and educated in Nebraska. She married Robert Hillman on Dec. 13, 1908 at Crab Orchard, Nebraska. They lived in Nebraska until moving to Middleton, Idaho in 1959. They moved to New Plymouth in 1972. He died in 1979. She is survived by a son, Robert of Sedalia, Colo.; four daughters, Doris Humpal of Mountain View, Calif., Clarice Pullen of New Plymouth, Marvel DeVault of Sherman Oaks, Calif., and Wanda Cartwright of Vista, Calif.; two sisters, Selma and Julia Diehm of Hastings, Nebraska; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Erma and one grandchild.
From her Holy Card:
When God couldn't protect us each hour of the day,
God gave us Mother to show us our way.
Her love and her guidance has been ours to keep;
Now she's gone to Jesus for earned rest and long sleep.
GRAVE STONE
ANNA M. HILLMAN Feb. 27 Apr. 28 1888 1983
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