Georgia Ferguson Piechotta passed away at Providence Place on June 15, 2016. Georgia was born at Cabri, SK on September 4, 1919. The family moved to Brownlee where she attended school. Georgia studied nursing, graduating in 1942, nursing at Shaunavon and Gull Lake, where she met Frank Piechotta. They were married in 1946, and shortly after moved to Vancouver for a short time before returning to the farm at Gull Lake, eventually moving to Moose Jaw. In 1980 they moved to Saskatoon where Georgia taught nursing at Kelsey until retiring in 1984. They moved back to Moose Jaw in 2007 to be closer to family. Georgia loved gardening, baking, and sewing. She took up painting and collage after her retirement, and made and collected dolls. She and Frank actively volunteered with Lupus SK. Predeceased by her husband Frank in 2009, brothers Garth and Craig, and sister Barbara, she will be missed by her daughter Marianne (Chris) Weber – Moose Jaw, son Robert – Merritt, BC; granddaughter Julianne Weber – Vancouver; sister-in-law Pat (Don) Bester – Calgary; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. A Memorial Service will be held at City Oasis Foursquare Church, 1291 Gordon Road, Moose Jaw, on Monday June 20, 2016 at 1:30 pm. Pastor Johanne Spencer will officiate. Memorialization will take place at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Saskatoon at a later date. Memorial donations to Providence Place Foundation, 100 2nd Ave. N.E., Moose Jaw, S6H 1B8, would be appreciated. In living memory of Georgia, a memorial planting will be made by W. J. Jones & Son Funeral Home. Please sign the memorial register at website: www.wjjonesandson.com (Obituaries).
Stephanie Lowe Funeral Director