Connecting with Caleb Residents

By Joan Janzen

Each month “Connecting with Caleb Residents” will introduce one of the residents living at Caleb Village in Kindersley. This week, we feature Marie Hauf, who has lived at Caleb for about ten years.

Marie is 86 years old and was born in Lashburn Hospital on May 3, 1935. Marie said, “My dad always said it wasn’t going to be spring until after my birthday, because one year there was a terrible storm before my birthday.”

Marie grew up with her parents and two younger brothers at Maidstone, Sask. After graduating from high school, she took her nurse’s training and worked at Maidstone.

Marie married Emil Hauf, and they had two daughters and one son. Her son currently lives in Medicine Hat, and her daughters live in Vernon and Kelowna.

Before moving to Kindersley, Marie and her husband had resided at North Battleford. Marie enjoyed working at the Kindersley Hospital and met many people in the community before retiring at the age of 60.

“I always worked while raising a family, and I had a supportive husband. We enjoyed some good holidays over the years,” Marie said. She was able to visit relatives in Great Britain, had been to Europe three times, as well as touring Thailand, Mexico and Hong Kong. “Emil had a brother who was killed in the war, and we were able to visit his grave in Italy,” she said. They also spent winters at Osoyoos, B.C.

Golfing had been a favourite hobby of Marie’s, and she now enjoys watching sports on television. “I like the relaxed atmosphere here,” Marie said. “The staff are so good and so helpful; I feel so secure here.”

Marie loves visiting with friends and being involved in all the activities that are offered at Caleb.

Marie Hauf