Another resident at Hilltop Gardens just turned 100 yesterday, and she has quite an interesting story behind her. She was actually born in a Rectory in Regensburg, Germany. No, No, not the daughter of a priest, but since her parents were a lawyer (father) and a doctor (mother,) they had the privilege to live with the local priest. During the war, she was sent to a Labor Camp in Poland, not a concentration camp, but still they had to do a lot of hard work. There she was known as a trouble-maker, but she was a also a heroine when she saved another girl’s life. When this girl was sick, nobody cared for her, and was left to die, until Marianne went into action. She stole a bicycle and pedalled to a hospital, alerting a doctor who came and saved the girl’s life who was suffering from scarlet fever, a contagious disease. Marianne later married her husband John in Berlin and became pregnant rightaway, awaiting the birth of her first baby – but a big surprise, as she delivered twins, Charles and Andrew, to be followed by Rupert a few years later. Later in her life, along with her husband, they did voluntary work in various areas, and traveled even to Papua New Guinea to help indigenous people there. Eventually they moved to Canada where they settled in Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Lastly they moved to Malta where they lived in Mellieħa, until Marianne moved with her son Charles at Hilltop Gardens Retirement Village, where they still live. Happy 100th Birthday Marianne !
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