Waltraud Margarete "Trudy" Hardy's obituary , Passed away on February 2, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta
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Waltraud Margarete "Trudy" Hardy

February 9, 1924 - February 2, 2025 (100 years old)

Calgary, Alberta

Waltraud Margarete "Trudy" Hardy's obituary , Passed away on February 2, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta
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February 9, 1924 - February 2, 2025 (100 years old)

Calgary, Alberta

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Waltraud Margarete Hardy Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Waltraud Margarete Hardy (Calgary, Alberta), who passed away on February 2, 2025, at the age of 100, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her husband Roy Eugene Hardy; her parents, Anna Franke and Franz Franke; and her sisters, Monika and Erika.

She is survived by: her children, Pauline of Surrey, BC, Sylvia Swan of Port Moody, BC, Gordon (Ruth) of Langford, BC, John (Brenda) of Airdrie, AB and Michael (Karen Lo) of Calgary, AB.; her grandchildren, Jessica, Nathan, Elycia, Nakisha, Ayden and Nikita; her great grandchildren, Kaleb, Carson, Noah, Samuel and Elenor; and her nieces and nephews, Christiane, Erika, Bruce and Shawn.

A funeral service was held on Saturday, February 15th 2025 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at the Mountain View Funeral Home (Arbor Chapel) (1605 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T2P2G7). A graveside service was held on Saturday, February 15th 2025 from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM at the Mountain View Cemetery (1605 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T2P2G7). A reception was held on Saturday, February 15th 2025 from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the Mountain View Funeral Home (Arbor Lounge) (1605 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T2P2G7).

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Mountain View Funeral Home (Arbor Chapel)
1605 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T2P2G7

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Feb 15

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Mountain View Cemetery
1605 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T2P2G7

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Feb 15

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Mountain View Funeral Home (Arbor Lounge)
1605 100 St SE, Calgary, AB T2P2G7

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February 8, 2025

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“>>> But as a German in post-war London, with visible Nazi bomb damage and war-torn families still grieving everywhere, Trudy did not feel welcome. She immigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in September, 1954. There, in the summer of '55, she met and married my father, Roy E. Hardy ESQ, a Signals Intelligence officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force, who immigrated in 1953 from England, where he was an overseas Military Intelligence agent for the Secret Intelligence Service, Mi6. >>>”

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February 7, 2025

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“>> Loved by all, and especially her five children, my Mother is the most courageous, wisest, good-natured, caring woman I've ever met, and I wish more people were like her. ♥️ Mum is in heaven now, laughing with her sisters and dancing with Dad! She is finally at peace... after a long, tumultuous life and treacherous battle to survive. My Mother will remain in my thoughts, as long as I shall live. Sending healing hugs and much love, from your daughter, Love Sylvia xoxo 🌹 Miss you, Mum!”

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February 7, 2025

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“>>Maintaining the house by herself, Mum never stopped cycling, hiking & cross-country skiing to stay fit. She balanced her life with family visits, crafting, volunteer work at seniors’ centers, lovingly tending her vegetable & flower gardens, she would drive through a blizzard to get to church… never missing a Sunday! Selfless & considerate, she had a hot meal ready in minutes for anyone who popped by, yet no medal to reflect Mum’s kindness, courage, wisdom & longevity: her fight to survive.>>>”

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February 7, 2025

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“>>>Trudy adjusted to the transient modest lifestyle of the RCAF; sewing beautiful dresses and curtains, cooking gourmet meals and award-worthy cakes, and bearing children at almost every posting across the country: RCAF Clinton, RCAF Portage la Prairie, RCAF Churchill, RCAF Namao, and RCAF Trenton, packing up and moving every few years before the family finally settled in Calgary and bought a house of our very own! A 51-year marriage before Mum discovers life as a widow, for 18 years. >>>”

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“>>> Besides perfecting her English while cheerfully looking after two young lads in her care, ‘Trudy’ went cycling! She rode her bike on holiday, north from Edinburgh and 441km around Scotland, before suddenly deciding... to become a midwife! After two years’ training at the British Home for Mothers and Babies, in Woolwich, Trudy was a Certified Midwife, delivered 90 babies in the early '50s, riding her bicycle to each home delivery for the Memorial Hospital, in London. >>>”

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February 7, 2025

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“Waltraud survived the tragedies and atrocities of World War II in East Berlin. Her mother, aunt, and all her cousins were either shot in Berlin, or torpedoed in East Prussia, by the end of January,1945. Postwar, Mum was forced to clean bricks of bombed buildings all day for 3 years during Stalin's reign, but by the time she sold her shoes for a loaf of bread, during the Berlin Blockade… she had had enough! She risked her life for a third time, to finally (successfully) escape Germany. >>>”

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