Mom at Home Mom's (Mathilda Louisa Jackson) Memoriam JACKSON: Matilda Louisa Jackson was born on May 16, 1899 in Perth, Australia. Her parents were, William and Amelia Hofert. At the age of Four, Matilda was left an orphan and was raised and by an aunt. On completing her schooling at Perth, she chose tailoring as her career On Dec. 27, 1918 she was married to Walter Jackson from England, at Bunbury, Australia. Matilda and Walter moved to England for a Few years, and then to, Canada in 1927. Their First home in Canada was at Maryfield, where Walter worked for local Farmers. In 1929, the couple moved to Kelso to their own farm. Nine children were born to the marriage, Eric, Bill, Herbert, Philip, Walter, Doreen, Phyllis, Harvey and Patsy. Matilda was an extremely active person, a hard worker all her life. She did all of the usual work of a farm woman of her generation, including chores, sawing wood, and gardening, sewing for the family, cooking and baking for the family, hired help and threshing teams; most of her work was done in the days before modern appliances had come onto the scene. She is remembered as a wonderful homemaker. In her early adult life she had been an outstanding swimmer, winning several medals for this in Australia. She had also had voice lessons and was an accomplished singer especially of opera. In her younger days, Matilda attended church faithfully at Fairmede, Kelso and Riga as she was able. She is remembered for her fine homemaking, her thoughtfulness, her capable, hardworking nature, her sense of humor, and her enjoyment of children, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In 1964, Walter and Matilda retired into Moosomin. Walter, passed away in 1971, and Matilda continued to reside in Moosomin. She passed away at Whitewood Union Hospital on Feb. 4, 1992. She is remembered with deep affection by her Family and Friends and will be greatly missed by all of us. Matilda was predeceased by her parents: by a brother who had served overseas, by her husband Walter; by a son Eric; a grandchild, Pamela Fae; and by a great-grandchild, Kelly Ann. She is survived by her son Bill of Moosomin; her son Herbert and his wife Murdina of Moosomin; her son Philip of Kelso; her son Walter and his wife Sharon of Victoria, BC; her daughter Doreen of Regina; her daughter Phyllis, married to Leonard Schmidt of Regina; her son Harvey and his wife Yvonne of Kelowna, BC; by her daughter Patsy and her husband Rene Jacques of Wawota; by a daughter-in-law Peggy Jackson, widow of the late Eric Jackson of Port Coquitlam, BC; by 34 grandchildren and by 53 great-grandchildren; and by several nieces and nephews in England. Active pallbearers were Gerry Schmidt, Chad Jackson, Scot Jackson, Steve Jackson, Adrian Jacques, and Dale Jackson. Honorary pall bearers were Finlay MacDonald, Danny McQueen, Lawrence Crawford, Olga Dickoff, Mary Sweet, Irma Salmon and Melvin Smith. The funeral service was held Saturday, Feb. 8, 1992 at 2 p.m. at. G.R. Carscadden Funeral Chapel in.Moosomin. Rev. Grace Armstrong officiated. Interment was in the South Cemetery. MAY SHE REST IN PEACE Inserted by Doreen Jackson on February 4, 2009 God looked around His Garden and found an empty place, He then looked down upon the earth and saw your weary face, He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest, He saw the road was getting rough,and the hills were hard to climb, So He closed your weary eyelids,and whispered, "Peace Be Thine."