Obituary of Hedwig Vogg

June 3, 1925 – October 27, 2016 Peacefully at The Grove Nursing Home, Arnprior in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 27th, 2016. Hedwig Anne Grundei-Vogg of Arnprior passed away of pneumonia. She was in her 92nd year. Beloved wife of the late Adolf Vogg. Loved mother of Gordon Vogg and Susann Katherine Elizabeth Vogg-Morgan. Cherished grandmother of Sarah Morgan, Christopher Morgan and Thomas Morgan. Daughter of the late Berta and Heinrich Grundei. Predeceased by her brothers: Heinrich Grundei and Alfred Grundei. Hedwig was born on a dairy farm in Czechoslovakia where she grew up and learned the value of hard work milking cows; churning butter and gardening vegetables and berries then canning and cooking them. The family enjoyed 3 vegetables at every meal. At the age of 19, Hedwig and her family left the farm and moved to Sandersdorf, Germany. There she met Adolf Vogg and they later moved to Canada and were married at St. John Chrysostom Church in Arnprior in 1952. The new couple built their first home on the Braeside Road in 1956. Their 2 children were born while living in that home. In 1973, the family moved to a new home that they built at 71 Kinsmen Crescent, Arnprior. Hedwig was always a hard worker. She tended to farm and family chores; worked at Pfizer in Arnprior and she was also an excellent seamstress. Hedwig spoke German and English (with a distinct accent). Her husband passed away July 31, 1995. Hedwig remained in the family home until she developed dementia in her late eighties. She then moved to The Arnprior Villa then finally to The Grove Nursing Home. She will be missed by the many who knew her. Family and Friends were invited to pay their respects during visitation at the Pilon Family Funeral Home and Chapel Ltd., 50 John Street North, Arnprior on Tuesday evening, November 1st from 7 to 9 p.m. and again on Wednesday morning, November 2nd from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. A Funeral Mass was celebrated in Hedwig’s beloved St. John Chrysostom Church, Arnprior on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment Malloch Road Cemetery, Arnprior. In memory of Hedwig, please consider a donation to The Grove Nursing Home, Arnprior or The Alzheimer Society.