Veroniqua Pauline Hill

On November 2, 2015, at the age of 70, "Roni" died with her family by her side. She was a Wenatchee resident for the past 28 years. Born as, Veroniqua Pauline Hill on October 11, 1945 at Batesville, Arkansas to parents, Roy and Paulean (Jackson) Hill. She joined her brother, Jim, in their family home in Violet Hill, AK. At the age of six, her parents moved the family, to Monitor, WA. They had extended family in the valley and her dad found employment working highway construction. Along the banks of the Wenatchee River Jim and Roni grew up playing with their dog and attending school. In 1963 she graduated high school and she married Marshall Tate. Together they lived in Cashmere and had a son, Shawn. In 1968 she married Jim Bracken and they moved to Kansas City and Tulsa, he worked in manufacturing and later owning his own home improvement company, she waitressed and clerked at a Thrifty Rent-Car. They had a daughter, Lena. After divorcing in 1976, Roni drove truck and eventually returned to the Wenatchee Valley to live. Know as an "Incredible Cook" she loved her job at the VFW and Elks bartending and making her chili and potato salad, along with other delicious specials. The 1990's Roni found a new passion, helping the ageing. She started as an aide at Blossom Valley and later received her CNA certificate. Up until she retired in May of 2015 she worked as a private home care provider. Along with her passion to cook she loved to quilt and was very gifted in creating Oil, Pencil and Chalk paintings and drawings. She was a member of the National Humane Society. She is preceded in death by her parents. Roni is survived by her children, Shawn Tate, Spokane, Lena Mohney, Tulsa, OK; brother, Jim (Mary) Hill, Canby, OR; three grandchildren, Megan (Zach) Miles, Granite Falls, Phillip (Kye) Mohney, and Gabrielle Mohney, both of Tulsa, OK; two great grandchildren, Maddyson & Natalie Miles of Granite Falls and her four legged children, Quincy, Nemo & Conner. An Open House Memorial is on November 21st from Noon-2pm at 1533 Westwood Ave. Wenatchee. The family suggest memorial donations be made to the Wenatchee Humane Society. You are invited to view her online guestbook at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com . Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Veroniqua Pauline Hill

October 11, 1945 - November 2, 2015