HAWKINS, GERTRUDE MAUDE (MAUDIE) G. Maude (Maudie) Hawkins of Maplewood passed away August 13, 2005 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital. Born at Woodstock in 1917, she was a daughter of the late W. Spurgeon and Gertrude (Murray) Yerxa. Maudie moved to Millville to become a secretary at H. C. Greenlaw Ltd. She later married Allison Hawkins and together they operated a potato farm at Maplewood. At one time the farm was affiliated with the Government of Canada as an experimental farm which led Maudie to gather weather information for Environment Canada for more than 40 years. She had also served as an observer of aircraft for the Department of Defense during the 1940's. Maudie was the devoted mother of four daughters, Margaret Hanson, Maplewood, Pauline McCorquindale (Lloyd), Hartfield, Betty Albright (Paul), Burtts Corner, and Judy Christie (Leon), Temperance Vale; two sons, Charles Hawkins, Toronto, ON and Allison Hawkins, Maplewood. She is also survived by a son-in-law, Graydon Brown, Bowmanville, ON; a granddaughter, Tina Hanson and ten additional grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; several sisters-in-law, Janice Hawkins, Pauline Hawkins, and Bertha Hawkins; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband in 1984; a daughter, Christina Brown; a son, Billy Hawkins; a son-inlaw, Timothy Hanson; five sisters, Pauline Shaw, Anna Bower, Betty Garland, Madeline Yerxa and Eileen Yerxa and a brother, Kenneth Yerxa. Resting at Flewelling Funeral Home, 585 Otis Drive, Nackawic with visiting hours Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Simon and St. Jude Church, Otis Drive, Nackawic on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 11 a.m. by Rev. Dan Melanson. A reception will be held in the church fellowship hall with interment to follow at Hawkins Corner Cemetery.