HELEN VAN BLARICOM DUFFY, beloved wife of the late Thomas Duffy, passed away at West Highlands, Lethbridge, Alberta on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at the age of 89 years.
She was the loving mother of her only son Patrick. She was also survived by her brother Robert and her sister Jan.
Helen was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Stephen Duffy, her brother Webster Van Blaricom and his wife Sylvia of Oakland, California, and her parents Shelomi Samuel Van Blaricom and Moselle Amanda Webster.
Helen was born in Helena, Montana and lived most of her early years in Great Falls, Montana. She met Tom at the University of Montana in Missoula, where they married April 11, 1942. Their only child, Patrick, was born there in 1947.
They lived for a number of years in Butte, Montana which was Tom's home town where she worked as a hospital lab technician. The family had a few moves in Montana where Helen and Tom were public school teachers.
In 1962 the family moved to Gibbons, Alberta, Canada (near Edmonton) where she and Tom taught school. Later they settled in Edson, Alberta for many years and retired there.
They then moved to Cardston in southern Alberta near the Montana border right across the street from the Alberta Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Helen had been living in Lethbridge, near her son, since Tom died in 2000.
The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Indian Battle Heights Chapel, Lethbridge, Alberta. Interment followed at 3:00 p.m. at the Cardston Cemetery, Cardston, Alberta.
She was the loving mother of her only son Patrick. She was also survived by her brother Robert and her sister Jan.
Helen was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Stephen Duffy, her brother Webster Van Blaricom and his wife Sylvia of Oakland, California, and her parents Shelomi Samuel Van Blaricom and Moselle Amanda Webster.
Helen was born in Helena, Montana and lived most of her early years in Great Falls, Montana. She met Tom at the University of Montana in Missoula, where they married April 11, 1942. Their only child, Patrick, was born there in 1947.
They lived for a number of years in Butte, Montana which was Tom's home town where she worked as a hospital lab technician. The family had a few moves in Montana where Helen and Tom were public school teachers.
In 1962 the family moved to Gibbons, Alberta, Canada (near Edmonton) where she and Tom taught school. Later they settled in Edson, Alberta for many years and retired there.
They then moved to Cardston in southern Alberta near the Montana border right across the street from the Alberta Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Helen had been living in Lethbridge, near her son, since Tom died in 2000.
The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Indian Battle Heights Chapel, Lethbridge, Alberta. Interment followed at 3:00 p.m. at the Cardston Cemetery, Cardston, Alberta.
HELEN VAN BLARICOM DUFFY, beloved wife of the late Thomas Duffy, passed away at West Highlands, Lethbridge, Alberta on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at the age of 89 years.
She was the loving mother of her only son Patrick. She was also survived by her brother Robert and her sister Jan.
Helen was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Stephen Duffy, her brother Webster Van Blaricom and his wife Sylvia of Oakland, California, and her parents Shelomi Samuel Van Blaricom and Moselle Amanda Webster.
Helen was born in Helena, Montana and lived most of her early years in Great Falls, Montana. She met Tom at the University of Montana in Missoula, where they married April 11, 1942. Their only child, Patrick, was born there in 1947.
They lived for a number of years in Butte, Montana which was Tom's home town where she worked as a hospital lab technician. The family had a few moves in Montana where Helen and Tom were public school teachers.
In 1962 the family moved to Gibbons, Alberta, Canada (near Edmonton) where she and Tom taught school. Later they settled in Edson, Alberta for many years and retired there.
They then moved to Cardston in southern Alberta near the Montana border right across the street from the Alberta Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Helen had been living in Lethbridge, near her son, since Tom died in 2000.
The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Indian Battle Heights Chapel, Lethbridge, Alberta. Interment followed at 3:00 p.m. at the Cardston Cemetery, Cardston, Alberta.
She was the loving mother of her only son Patrick. She was also survived by her brother Robert and her sister Jan.
Helen was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Stephen Duffy, her brother Webster Van Blaricom and his wife Sylvia of Oakland, California, and her parents Shelomi Samuel Van Blaricom and Moselle Amanda Webster.
Helen was born in Helena, Montana and lived most of her early years in Great Falls, Montana. She met Tom at the University of Montana in Missoula, where they married April 11, 1942. Their only child, Patrick, was born there in 1947.
They lived for a number of years in Butte, Montana which was Tom's home town where she worked as a hospital lab technician. The family had a few moves in Montana where Helen and Tom were public school teachers.
In 1962 the family moved to Gibbons, Alberta, Canada (near Edmonton) where she and Tom taught school. Later they settled in Edson, Alberta for many years and retired there.
They then moved to Cardston in southern Alberta near the Montana border right across the street from the Alberta Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Helen had been living in Lethbridge, near her son, since Tom died in 2000.
The Funeral Service was held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Indian Battle Heights Chapel, Lethbridge, Alberta. Interment followed at 3:00 p.m. at the Cardston Cemetery, Cardston, Alberta.
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