When doctors diagnosed Arthur with a serious illness, the couple left the farm and moved to Maple Crest in 2009. “When it came to milking cows, though, my husband put his foot down. “That way, I could drive while the men baled hay,” she added. JoAnn said that when she was a young wife, she immediately discovered that certain work on the farm was only for men and then there was “women’s work.” She cooked, cleaned and raised three children, but managed to talk Arthur into teaching her how to drive the tractor. As previously mentioned, she has also hand-knotted many comforters, but dismisses them as “just comforters.” Quilts are her true passion. She admits that quilting is almost an obsession with her. Today, she is the unofficial flower-arranger for many of Maple Crest’s special events, and her three children and 11 grandchildren all own quilts with patterns such as Golden Pineapple, Cathedral Windows, and Dahlia. There were cows to milk, calves to feed and chores to finish.”Īlthough she didn’t attend college, Hilty became educated in many of the old arts and credits her love of nature and the outdoors for her successful transition to becoming a farm wife. “I didn’t know a thing about farming,” Hilty laughed, “but I found out soon enough why Arthur was always late for our dates. A talented quilter and flower arranger, Hilty is a Pandora “city girl” who moved with her husband to a dairy farm near Bluffton at age 18. Maple Crest resident JoAnn Hilty may not have worked her fingers to the bone, but she does have a few bumps on them from years of “knotting” comforters. JoAnn Hilty is the “official” flower arranger at Maple Crest!
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