INGRAHAM, HELEN ISABEL, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT THE PETER DAWSON LODGE, VULCAN, ALBERTA DECEMBER 2, 1992 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS.
HELEN WAS BORN OCTOBER 17, 1903 AT GRAFTON, NEW BRUNSWICK. SHE CAME TO CALGARY IN 1912 WITH HER MOTHER ADA, HER FATHER CHARLES HALE CAME OUT EARLIER. IN 1914 THEY MOVED TO THE MOSSLEIGH DISTRICT FOR ONE YEAR WHERE SHE ATTENDED MOSSLEIGH SCHOOL, THEN TO A FARM NEAR BLACKIE. IN 1922 HELEN BEGAN HER NURSE’S TRAINING AT THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1925, AND CONTINUED WORKING THAT WINTER AND CAME TO VULCAN IN 1926. SHE WORKED FOR DR. CARSON, BOTH NURSING AND OFFICE NURSE AT HIS OFFICE IN THE VULCAN HOTEL. SHE MARRIED BOYDEN INGRAHAM JULY 25,1928 AND THEY FARMED IN THE ARROWWOOD AREA UNTIL HELEN CAME TO VULCAN AND RESIDED AT THE PETER DAWSON LODGE.
HELEN WAS A MEMBER OF UNIFARM, ARROWWOOD UNITED CHURCH. SHE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN, CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, ALBERTA WHEAT POOL, ARROWWOOD FRIENDSHIP CLUB AND ARROWWOOD/MOSSLEIGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SHE ENJOYED READING, MOSTLY ENGLISH HISTORY, COLLECTING BOOKS AND GARDENING. SHE LOVED PEOPLE AND TALKING POLITICS.
BELOVED MOTHER OF TWO SONS, ALAN AND GORDON (ROSEMARY), ALL OF ARROWWOOD, A DAUGHTER MARGARET (RICK) LOMHEIM OF SHERWOOD PARK, SEVEN GRAND CHILDREN MATTHEW AND ANDREW LOMHEIM, JOCELYN (MIKE) LANGDON OF CALGARY, ANDREA OF HIGH RIVER, ALLISON AND RICHARD, BOTH OF CALGARY AND ERIC OF ARROWWOOD, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TYLER, MADELINE AND TODD LANGDON.
HELEN WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND BOYDEN IN 1972 AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1992 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE ARROWWOOD UNITED CHURCH WITH DON HOLMES L.M. OFFICIATING. INTERMENT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL GARDENS, CALGARY AT 3:30 P.M.
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