MARY HELEN DAUB PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ON FRIDAY AUGUST 29, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS.
HELEN WAS BORN JANUARY 5, 1906 IN LAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND KATHERINE HINDS. THEY CAME FROM MICHIGAN CITY TO HOMESTEAD THIRTY FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICINE HAT AND TWELVE MILES FROM THE NEAREST RAILROAD POINT AT SEVEN PERSONS IN 1909. SHE ATTENDED BAR VEE SCHOOL, ST. THERESA’S ACADEMY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL AND THEN ATTENDED CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL. AT AGE SEVENTEEN SHE BEGAN TEACHING AT HER HOME SCHOOL, BAR VEE AND MANY OTHER COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
IN 1928 SHE TAUGHT AT HARMONY SCHOOL EAST OF CHAMPION. SHE STAYED FIRST WITH THE BELLE AND ALBERT MATLOCK FAMILY AND THEN WITH THE DAUB FAMILY WHERE SHE MET IRVINE LEONARD DAUB. THEY WERE MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1930. TOGETHER THEY MOVED TO FARROW TO SET UP A SERVICE STATION, THEN MOVED THE BUSINESS TO MOSSLEIGH. THEY MOVED TO CALGARY WHERE HELEN WORKED AT NATIONAL TRUST FOR TEN YEARS. IN ABOUT 1971 THEY RETIRED AND RETURNED TO THE PLACE THEY CALLED “HOME”, CHAMPION.
HELEN WAS INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY AND CHURCH EVENTS. SHE MOVED TO PETER DAWSON LODGE IN 1992 WHERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
BELOVED MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER LEONE JARDINE OF CRANBROOK, FOUR GRANDSONS ROSS AND KYLE OF CALGARY, SCOTT AND PAUL OF CRANBROOK, SISTERS-IN-LAW ZELLA HINDS OF AIRDRIE, LAURA GORRELL, DOROTHY STRANG AND MARGARET DAUB ALL OF CALGARY, ALICE DAUB OF LETHBRIDGE, ANNA MAISEY, LUCY MALMBERG, EILEEN (CLARENCE) GREEN ALL OF HIGH RIVER, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND IRVINE DAUB IN APRIL 30, 1991.
FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO MEET FOR PRAYERS AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION SEPTEMBER 2, 1997 AT 7:30 P.M. FUNERAL MASS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1997 AT 11 A.M. AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FR. DAN STEVENOT.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
HONORARY BEARERS PHILLIP AND KAYE FATH, ROBERT AND JOYCE FATH, LOUIS AND MARGARET SHAW AND TINO AND AGNESE PASOLI.
CASKET BEARERS WERE IRVINE HINDS, MICHAEL HINDS, BERNARD HINDS, KEITH
GROVES, DALE GROVES AND ALLAN BUCHAN.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.