Adelaide Rosa Dreger

June 15, 1914 to February 5, 2011

Adelaide is the one of the last of the daughters of the pioneers of this land. Predeceased by her parents Fred and Rosa Erb, husband Wally, brothers Herman, Paul, Otto, Walter, Roy and Herbert, Adelaide is survived by her daughter Laurel (Jorde) English, son Rob (Lois) Dreger, grandchildren Douglas (Rene) Steadman, Jon (Jennifer) Dreger, Jen (Tanner) Dreger, Kristi (Shane) Barber, great-grandchildren Aubrianna Steadman and Colten and Olivia Barber, sister-in-law Dorothy Cunningham, and numerous neices and nephews, grand and great neices and nephews. Born and raised in Yellow Grass, Adelaide received her education in Yellow Grass and Business College in Moose Jaw after which she worked as a legal secretary and later in accounting for CP Rail. In 1941 she married her lifelong partner, Wally. In 1944 they purchased and operated a grain and livestock farm near Lang until Wally's passing. There they raised their children and were involved in school and community boards, sports and St. John Lutheran Church. She was devoted to her faith and her family. Adelaide taught Sunday school, was active in the ELW and played church organ until she was 88. Adelaide loved the farm and took special pride in her flower gardens and delighted in visitors who marvelled at her work. Even in her later years she entered the local garden shows to reveal her floral creations. Visitors were always welcome and no one left without food and refreshment. Music and writing gave her great pleasure. She published prose and poetry in Canadian Woman and Canada Lutheran. As a young woman she was a member of the Torchbearers, a guild of Canadian writers and poets. She wrote music and hymns which were published and often sung in her church. Adelaide wrote “Heidi's Corner” in the Weyburn Review newspaper for a number of years, a column which included a recipe, a prose and a commentary. For several years she taught at the Lang School. Adelaide continued to live on her farm until she was 90, then moved to the Bentley Retirement Home in Regina. While at the Bentley, she made many friends and became involved in the Bentley community where she entertained with playing piano and enjoyed many games of tile rummy and whist. Outings, shopping and dinners out with children and grandchildren gave her particular joy. One legacy to her grandchildren was to hear her say she was an independent woman. She spent the last six months at Selo Gardens Personal Care Home. We extend our sincere gratitude to the staff there for providing our mother with the finest care, devotion and love that could be imagined. Since mother's favorite season was spring it is appropriate then, that a celebration of her life will be held in spring at St John Lutheran Church Lang. Funeral Service information will appear in a future edition of the Leader Post. In lieu of flowers those so wishing may make a charitable donation to one that Mother supported: St. John Lutheran Church, Lang, Ducks Unlimited, Canadian Nature Conservancy, Orange Benevolent Home or the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Mom loved to read and philosohical statements were often spoken as guideposts to daily living. “Life is serious...handle with prayer”. And more recently, “Life is full of change and we who are living must learn to deal with that change”. A kind and generous person, she touched the hearts of all who knew her and in return they were special and dear to her.

Funeral Director Greg Kulak, arrangements under the direction of Victoria Avenue Funeral Home and Cremation, Regina, SK.