HELEN CLAIRE ROBERTSON, nee: KINGSMITH OF HIGH RIVER, FORMERLY OF MILO, PASSED AWAY JANUARY 21, 2001 AT HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.
HELEN WAS BORN APRIL 11,1925 AT VULCAN TO GEORGE AND CLARA KINGSMITH. SHE ATTENDED QUEENSTOWN SCHOOL. IN 1939 SHE MARRIED ROBERT BROWN IN CALGARY AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN SHEILA AND DALE. AFTER A SHORT TIME THEY SEPARATED. IN 1945 HELEN AND HER CHILDREN MET CAMERON ROBERTSON AND THEY BEGAN THEIR LIVES TOGETHER. THEY LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM SOUTH WEST OF QUEENSTOWN AND HAD SIX MORE CHILDREN. TOGETHER THEY FARMED THEIR LAND UNTIL 1994 WHEN JAMIE AND CAROL PURCHASED THE FARM AND HELEN AND CAM RETIRED TO HIGH RIVER WHERE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO RESIDE SINCE.
HELEN LOVED HER FAMILY AND HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE LOVED TO ENTERTAIN A HOUSE FULL OF COMPANY. SHE ENJOYED COOKING, BAKING, KNITTING SLIPPERS, AFGHANS, BARBIE CLOTHES AND SWEATERS FOR HER FAMILY. SHE ALSO ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS AT THE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE AND BOWLING IN THE HIGH RIVER LADIES LEAGUE.
SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER COMMUNITY AND HER CHURCH. HELEN FAITHFULLY DEVOTED HER TIME BY WORKING WITH THE MILO UNITED CHURCH WOMEN AND BEING ON THE CHURCH BOARD SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND HOLDING THE POSITION OF CHAIRPERSON SEVERAL TIMES. SHE VOLUNTEERED TO ORGANIZE NUMEROUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SHE WAS A PAST MEMBER OF THE VULCAN ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH.
BELOVED WIFE OF CAMERON ROBERTSON OF HIGH RIVER, LOVING MOTHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS SHEILA (BARRY) PETERSON, CAROLYN ROBERTSON ALL OF CALGARY, SIX SONS DALE BROWN OF SURREY, B.C., RANDLE ROBERTSON OF FIELD, B.C., GARY ROBERTSON OF FAIRVIEW, BARRY (IONA) ROBERTSON OF STONY PLAIN, JAMES (CAROL) ROBERTSON OF MILO, KEVIN (MELINDA) ROBERTSON OF HIGH RIVER, SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN DWAYNE (VERNA), DARREN (LORNA), DAVID, ROBBIE, DAWN-MARIE, CRAIG, MELISSA, ASHLEY, CHANTEL, BRANDON, DENA, DENVER, DAVIN, KIMBERLEY, DAYLE, BRYCE, SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A SISTER MARY HEGLAND OF MEDICINE HAT, A BROTHER ROBERT (DOROTHY) KINGSMITH, TWO SISTERS-IN-LAW HELEN KINGSMITH , BETTY (GORDON) LAING ALL OF CALGARY, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HELEN WAS PREDECEASED BY THREE BROTHERS RAYMOND, KENNETH, EDWARD AND HER PARENTS.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FUNERAL SERVICE THURSDAY JANUARY 25, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. AT MILO COMMUNITY HALL WITH SUE LAUZON MacDONALD D.M. AND ROB MOORE D.M. CO-OFFICIATING.
INURNMENT AT MILO LUTHERAN CEMETERY AT A LATER DATE.
CASKET BEARERS WERE HELEN’S GRANDCHILDREN CRAIG ROBERTSON, MELISSA ROBERTSON, DWAYNE PETERSON, DARREN PETERSON, DENVER ROBERTSON, DENA ROBERTSON, KIMBERLEY ROBERTSON, BRYCE ROBERTSON AND DAYLE ROBERTSON.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN HELEN’S MEMORY CAN BE MADE TO EITHER THE HIGH RIVER HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT FUND 560 9th AVENUE WEST T1V 1B3 OR THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION 1331 29 STREET N.W. CALGARY T2N 4N2.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-405-485-2633. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES TO vulcanfuneralhome@hotmail.com.
Love u grandma Helen! If it weren’t for you and Grandpa… I’d have turned out a whole lot worse…(joking) I feel privileged that I spent all my time at the farm and special time with u both. .. Thanks for ur love. I know u watch from where u are. See u sometime in the future. Xo “Kimberley Brett” Robertson ( grandma would say my middle name which most ppl even shorten my first name. ) She was so patient and strong.