Freda Rosa Wills

Freda (Mary) Rosa Wills

nee Kulba

June 11, 1922 – October 17, 2024

Freda Wills nee Kulba was born in La Broquerie, Manitoba on June 11, 1922.
Her parents were Ukrainian Polish descent. Freda was 3 years old when the family moved to a farm in the Firdale district. Her father and uncle worked on the railway and farmed. Freda came from a large family of six boys and six girls. She was the only surviving member of her large family.

Freda married Charlie Wills in May of 1947 and from this union 3 children were born: Gerald Wills, Bernice Lupton and Bev Wills. They lived on a farm at Firdale until 1974.

The Beautiful Hills Memorial Park was built on land Charlie and Freda donated. The plaque is still there today. It was such a beautiful setting and was well used at one time.

In 1974 they sold the farm and moved to Carberry. Mom worked at the potato plant for a short stint and worked many years for Lorry Balabanski cleaning rooms at his hotel motel.

Freda had two other partners in her life, one being Nick Balciunas until his passing; then Lefty Tomes for 18 years. The two of them travelled the world with McPhail travel. Lefty passed away in 2010 and life was not so much fun for her anymore. The move to the lodge from her home at age 92 was very hard on her. Due to failing health, she spent one year in Baldur Care Home until she came back to Carberry Personal Care Home.

Freda loved to dress up and wear lots of jewellery. She was quite a classy lady in her going out years. She enjoyed making Ukrainian food and was very good at it. Also loved gardening, watching things grow, loved her flowers and also the enjoyment of her only grandchild Angie Reynolds and husband Troy, and her three great granddaughters Becky, Kaitlyn and
Josie.

Freda was predeceased by her parents Mary (Domanski) and Mike Kulba, her husband Charlie Wills, partner Nick Balciunas and her last partner Lefty (Gerald) Tomes and son-in-laws Jim Flannigan and Jack Lupton, her brothers Joe, Steve (Rae), John (Olga), Willie, Peter (Esther), Rudy (Yvonne), her sisters Annie, Nellie (Roy) Fitzsimmons, Janet (Rollie) Huck, Olive Hicken, Marion (Lou) Osipa.

She is survived by her three children Gerald Wills, Bernice Lupton and Bev Wills, grandchildren Angie (Troy) Reynolds, Kim (Steve) Baker, Murray and James Hawkins and their families and great grandchildren Becky (Lloyd), Kaitlyn and Josie, the remaining Balciunas family, Lefty’s sister Doreen Fischer and family and numerous nieces and nephews.

Internment will be at the Carberry Plains Cemetery. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

You were our favorite ‘hello’ and our hardest goodbye.

Vichnaya Pamyat

(memory eternal)

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