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 Alice Hingley 1928 - 2009 Alice Cornia Hingley was born in Avonlea, Saskatchewan on September 15, 1928 to Annie and Titus Cornia. She was their second child, her sister Mary was older and her brothers Johnny and George were younger. The Cornia family moved to Okla, Saskatchewan in 32/33 where they farmed, raising cattle, pigs, chickens and grain. The farming was done with horses in those days, resulting in lots of hard work for everyone involved. Alice attended Lodi school, when she could get there through the snow and cold of winter. In summer the Lodi kids walked to school on corduroy roads – these were logs laid over the swamps so the kids would not sink into the sloughs. Children grew up early, learning the value of good hard work. Alice went to work in harvest time for Steve Wrobletski in Kuroki, Saskatchewan, along with her sister Mary and future sister-in-law Doll. They did whatever chores needed doing, working for $20.00 a month. There were no windows to do, no vacuuming and no computers, just plain hard work without any luxuries. Berry picking was an important part of their work. Cranberries and other berries were canned for winter food. On February 13, 1951, Alice married Joe Hingley in Lintlaw, Saskatchewan. Faye, Jerry and Jack were all born in Saskatchewan. Joe and Alice moved to Bonanza, Alberta in March, 1957. The family was complete when Darren was born in 1963 in Dawson Creek, BC. Joe and Alice farmed in Bonanza for many years – more hard work! They cleared the land and picked those “bloody” roots by hand. It was backbreaking work. Alice loved to burn root piles. In fact, Alice loved to burn anything that would burn without setting the canyon on fire. She was a bit of a firebug. Music was an important part of the Hingley family’s life. Alice and Joe played for many wedding dances and other socials in Saskatchewan and in the Dawson Creek and Bonanza areas. Along with Norman Nickel and Albert Cameron, they even played for Mel Marshall’s barn dance. Their music was always toe-tapping-good and much appreciated. Alice loved gardening and always grew an excellent vegetable garden every year. She canned fruit to no end. Alice took great pride in her flowers as well and loved their bright colors. She was also an excellent cook. If you were at her house for a visit, you could not leave without eating a big meal. Her cabbage rolls and perogies were a favorite. Matching them will probably never happen. Each child’s birthday celebration was cause for a huge meal. In the days before fences, the chickens used to drive Alice crazy. They would dust and scratch in her garden and flowers. No matter how often she chased them away, they would come right back. Alice being very resourceful solved this problem by having a bucket full of hard clay lumps sitting on the step. When she spotted the foreigners in her garden, she would let fly with a lump. She knocked the rooster out cold one day, not to mention bruising quite a few others. An unsuspecting and definitely stupid hen came right into the house one day, so Alice caught it, and marked it with a big “X”. Where do you think that chicken ended up? Alice was a great shot, sort of a “shoot from the hip” kind of hunter. Once she shot a hawk that was after her chickens without even aiming, just up with the gun and it was history. Now that was one lucky shot! Alice loved a good laugh, visits from anyone family or friends, card games and most of all was devoted to her family. She was a good woman. Since February, Alice’s health failed her, forcing her to spend long stints in hospital in Dawson Creek. Previously, Alice had not been sick often, so she found this time very hard to take. It was early on Friday morning August 28, that Alice lost her final battle. Her parents Annie and Titus and her brothers Johnny and George predeceased Alice, as well as her brothers-in-law Dick Ashdown and Tom Hingley. Surviving Alice is her loving husband Joe of 58 years. She was a dear mother to her children Faye McKechnie, Jerry (Barb) Hingley, Jack (Jodi) Hingley, and Darren (Cindy) Hingley, loving grandmother to James (Arliss) McKechnie, Harley (Carrie) McKechnie, Wendy (Spencer) Onychuk, Melanie Hingley, Warren (Sasha) Hingley, Janelle Hingley, Jeremy Hingley, Paige Hingley, Sara Steinke, Mitchell Steinke and Jackson Steinke, and a loving great-grandmother to Haley, Landon, Brendan, Macy, Julia and Kayde, sister Mary (Si) Lalonde, and sisters-in-law Connie Ashdown and Doll (Charlie) Ashdown, brother-in-law Fred Hingley, and numerous nieces and nephews. Alice was a wonderful wife and mother and all who knew her will greatly miss her. The following is a quote from Mother Teresa that sums up Alice’s life: “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing.” “It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving.” Rest in Peace Alice, you have certainly earned it. A funeral service was held on September 1, 2009 at the Bonanza Community Hall, officiated by Pastor Dave Brisbin. Interment followed in the Hillhaven Cemetery, Bonanza, Alberta.
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