Ann Frances Terribilini

was born in Fortuna, CA on October 28, 1936 to Carlos and Cecilia Hedley and passed away peacefully in her home on December 28, 2010. She grew up primarily in Fortuna but had fond memories of their family's time in Richmond, CA when her father worked building ships there during WWII. Their home was up Newberg road and she loved to tell stories from their time there. She graduated Fortuna High and married Dino Terribilini in 1954. They made their home in Ferndale, renting a place in town for the first year, then moving into the home they built on Harbers Lane. Ann was a homemaker who raised their six children while helping on the farm. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends and was in a card club for years. Even after she wasn't in the club anymore, often on weekend nights friends would come over and while the husbands talked in the living room, Ann and her friends would play Pinochle and drink coffee late into the night. She was an avid reader and would exchange shopping bags full of paperback books with her friends after they had been read. Ann was also a successful gardener and each fall was spent canning that year's harvest. She would save the berries in the freezer and every couple of years all her daughters would help her over a weekend with making jellies and jams for the whole family. She loved to grow flowers as well as vegetables. Roses and dahlias were her particular favorites but she would try to grow any type of plant that she liked or someone suggested. She loved to go camping at Eagle Creek each summer and she and Dino were usually accompanied by dogs, children and grandchildren. She loved the quiet and Dino loved to fish, and she especially enjoyed breakfasts there-it was the only time he cooked! Her proudest achievement was her family. She was happily married to Dino until he passed, and they set an excellent example for their children on how to maintain a strong and loving marriage. He was truly her best friend and she missed him terribly when he was gone. Together they raised their children to understand love, respect, humor, and hard work. Her favorite family times were the big holiday dinners when everyone would fill the house with laughter and all her children's friends were welcome to her table. Toys were kept on hand in the living room long after her children were grown up for any little ones who came to visit. She also liked to attend her kids' and grandkids' sporting events and was an avid Wildcats fan. Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Carlos and Cecilia Hedley, her brother, Timothy Hedley, husband Dino Terribilini, and grandson, William Hale. She is survived by her children Daniel Terribilini (Sarah), Nina Leniger (David), Denise Lemons (David), Pixie Setterlund, Curt Terribilini (Bea Bruno), and Patricia Terribilini (Chris Perkins) grandchildren Jenny Aubrey (Cameron), Angie Mullin (Shannon), Daniel Terribilini II, Cody, Matt, and Kelly Lemons, Jerry Peck, and Devon Perkins and great grandchildren Kaya and Gavin Aubrey, Hunter Mullin, Jarred and Aiyana Peck. Funeral Mass will be held at Assumption Church, 546 Berding Street in Ferndale on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 11 a.m. with Father Bob Benjamin, Celebrant. Arrangements are under the care of Sanders Funeral Home, Eureka. Please sign the guest book at www.Times-Standard.com, click obits.