HILLIER, Hilda ‘Nanny’ Sydney
It is with saddened hearts that we, the family, announce the passing of our amazing mother, grandmother, aunt and dear friend, Hilda Hillier, better known to everyone as ‘Nanny’, who went peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loving family on Friday, February 26, 2021 at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney. Hilda was born to the late Carl and Mary (MacKay) Larrick on January 27, 1926 in Whitney Pier. She spent many days of her youth helping her Mumma run a boarding house out of their home on the bottom of Broadway Street. In Hilda’s later years, after retiring from Woolco and raising her own children, she found joy in spending time with her grandchildren and then great-grandchildren, often referring to them as her own “Babies” especially, Dominic, Declan, Dawson and Theodore, as well as her little sidekick Tina. Family was everything to her and many days were spent sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea and a deck of cards or singing lullabies for tired eyes “knocking them out” with her special nanny smell. The stories we could tell, of a woman who lived a remarkable 95 years is impossible to sum up in a few short sentences. Hilda is survived by her children, Thomas (Brenda) Hillier, ON, George (Darlene) Hillier, BC, Daryl (Karen) Hillier, BC, Gary Hillier, ON, Esme Hillier and Johnglenn (Kim) Hillier, both of Sydney; along with 11 grandchildren, Jennifer (Mark), Chrystal (Dennis), Cori (Kevin), Keenan, Nadene (Darron), Krystal (Danny), Kayla (Daniel), Natasha (Mitchel), Stacey (Raymond), Ann-Marie, Adam and 17 great grandchildren. After 32 years she is returning to the loving arms of her husband, Tom, as well as sisters, Mae, Annie and brothers, Robert, Henry, Alex ‘Hunch’, Arthur and Albert ‘Abby’. Memorial service to celebrate the life of Hilda Hillier will be held at Pier Community Funeral Home, 1092 Victoria Rd. (entrance on Church St.), Whitney Pier on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 2 p.m. in the All Faith Chapel with Rev. Sheldon Chant officiating. Interment will take place at Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney at later date. We, the family would like the extend our appreciation to the amazing staff in Palliative Care unit of CBRH, who made sure our nanny was comfortable until the very end. Donations in memory of Hilda may be made to Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care and direction of Pier Community Funeral Home. Online condolences can be forwarded to the family at www.pierfuneralhome.com.
Que sera, sera Whatever will be, will be The futures not ours to see
Que sera, sera