Obituary

Died peacefully on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Strathcona Long Term Care, Mount Forest in her 102nd year. Lovingly remembered by her son Klaus and his wife Rhoda; and by her special friends Brenda and Robert Trommelen, and Betty McLellan. She is predeceased by her husband Paul Seibert (August 31, 2010), her parents Susanna and Adolf Baust, her sister Erna Herzog, and by her brother Peter Baust. Hilda was born in Nussloch, Germany on April 26, 1924, in the same house where her mother, and her son were born. She and her husband Paul immigrated to Canada in November 1951, with their 1 ½ year old son, Klaus. They settled in the Mount Forest area and started a chicken farm in 1955. Hilda loved to cook, bake, knit, and garden. In the years before chicken farming was profitable, they grew strawberries to supplement their income. One day she picked 1,000 boxes of strawberries. She delighted in feeding the farm help and the neighbours. Her cakes and cream puffs were legendary. She wasn’t accustomed to fruit pies when she arrived in Canada, but realized that she’d have to master the art of pie making, and she quickly did. Her pie crusts were the best, thanks to the help of her friend and neighbour, Agnes McLellan. In her last years, living at Strathcona, she’d dream of making cakes as she sat idly in her chair by the window. Hilda belonged to the Tollgate Community Club, and she hosted wedding showers for everyone in the neighbourhood. When she and Paul retired in 1987, they moved to Egremont Street in Mount Forest. They enjoyed winters at their home in Naples, Florida until 2001. A special thank you to the staff at Strathcona Long Term Care, for their wonderful care, and to all her friends who visited her over the years. Visitation was held at the England Funeral Home, 294 Main Street South, Mount Forest, on Sunday, August 10th from 2:00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00pm. The funeral service was held at St. John’s Evangelical-Lutheran Church, 146 Sligo Road West, Mount Forest on Monday, August 11th at 11:00am, with visitation from 10:00-10:45am. Interment at Mount Forest Cemetery. A reception followed the interment at St. John’s Evangelical-Lutheran Church. Those wishing to make a donation in memory of Hilda are asked to consider the Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation or St. John’s Evangelical-Lutheran Church. Donations and online condolences may be made at www.englandfuneralhome.com