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MILNE, Annette Marion Gibson Forster - It is with great sadness that we report that our Mom Annette has lost her battle with the after-effects of stroke. She passed away peacefully at Peel Manor Nursing Home in Brampton. She is sorely missed, and will never be forgotten.

Annette was a Mother to 7 kids, 14 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren.

She immigrated to Canada from New Zealand in 1954, and then was married to Stanley Arthur Milne. As the children grew up, they had their friends constantly around the family farm, which is on the north-west end of Georgetown.

That's when she decided to begin an entrepreneurial career by creating Wildwood Manor Farm, a functioning farm with no less than 8 types of farm animals, centering on a Western Horseback Riding theme.

A women entrepreneur in the late '60's was an unusual career. It took a lot of courage and gumption. Mom certainly was blessed with a generous helping of both of those qualities.

The Business started as a summer daycamp, public western horseback riding, and farm experience for young and old alike. Her business effectively involved the concerted efforts of her 7 devoted employees....which were her children;)) .... The business grew and evolved, it morphed.... and it succeeded.

Ten years later, the Jehovah Witness Watchtower Association tried to purchase the Farm, mom said "No Way", but they purchased the farms around her, so she finally agreed to sell. Over the course of the next 2 years, a new Wildwood Manor was built and readied, the location was on the 9th Line, near Ballinafad, where it became known as Wildwood Manor Ranch Inc.
Mom excelled in this new location, a gorgeous 100 acre setting atop the Niagara Escarpment. Mom immersed herself and fully committed her heart into this new beginning. Everyone felt her energy, poise, class, hospitality and love.

She had a amazing, successful and influential 45 year career as owner/operator, and it became such a passion and fulfillment for her. She continued with unbridled energy... never looking back.

Besides a successful business woman, Mom was a teacher/mentor/inspirer/motivator and a genuine friend to so so many. She opened her home and heart to everyone. Mom loved Georgetown, and all who she came to know and share her life with.

At 84 years young, while handing out brochures for her business at the Glen Williams Canada Day parade, 2014, Annette collapsed onto the roadway, and was rushed by paramedics to Trillium Stroke Care Unit for immediate care. Mom managed to grind through it and survive the massive stroke she had that day, but it cost her dearly. From that day forward, mom lost the use of her entire left side.

Her life and freedoms changed immediately..... as she was confined to a hospital, and wheelchair and eventually a Nursing home.
True to her character, She didn't lose her will to live.....her energy, or her positive attitude. She always believed and prayed for God's Hand to heal her brain injury, to get her back on her feet, to get her back on the Farm where she could continue in her passion and way of life. She prayed so hard for God's mercy, if it was to be His Will! Sadly, It wasn't to be.
But while she was Wheelchair bound, while she waited God's Answers, adventures continued. With a firefighters sling, and teamwork, we hauled her up stair wells into 2 story lakeside Cottages, into buses, trains, Ferries, cars, vans. Into Airplanes for Cuba getaways, and into the ocean, on to Vancouver visiting family, and touring the Mountains and Islands. Using the sling, we slipped her into the warm waters of Georgian Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, into swimming pools, and the hotubs of Blue Mountain Village. She played tennis from her Wheelchair, threw balls, popped balloons,... and enjoyed many many HappyHours with the use of her good arm;)

Mom still "made a difference", she "seized every moment of every day", " be your best". These were sayings she always quoted and demanded her kids to follow.

After a recent illness and slow recovery at Peel Manor, Mom sadly suffered another stroke and died two days later. A wonderful kindred spirit snuffed out, silenced. The silence and the hole is heavy upon the hearts of all who knew and loved her. :(

Although we miss her greatly, we're comforted knowing she had a vibrant and tangible faith in God. Baptized into Christ, her life committed to honoring/thanking and serving Him. At 78 she went to Kenya to help at a orphans school and residence. So many other things she donated , gave, lived and shared, in the name of her Faith in God.

She now awaits the Biblical promise of The Resurrection, when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to complete His ministry of establishing God's Will "on Earth as it is in Heaven".

In honouring Annettes life, we're going to have a Celebration of Life service on Sunday May 26, 3:30-4:30pm is Visitation, followed by a Funeral Service from 4:30-530pm at Brampton Funeral Home and Cemetery, Brampton.

A donation box will be at Funeral home for those wishing to support her favorite charity, "Agape in Action" a Christadelphian Charity that reaches out into the 3rd and developing world's, opening opportunities, nutrition, healthcare, clean water and Godly Wisdom to those in need.

We pray God's Hand upon our Dear Mother, Annette Milne.

May she Rest in Peace!!

Dear friends; thank you for being such a lovely part of Mom's beautiful and amazing life. Following the funeral we will have a reception with food and drinks..

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