Helene Jenny Heaps (Tesar)

Obituary

Passed on

On Monday August 28th, 2017 cuddled up to John, Helene took her final breathe and died surrounded by her family. Helene was the happiest when she was with John or when the whole family was together. Seeing the grandkids and great-grand kids was especially important. Helene will be lovingly remembered by her husband John (almost 62 years of marriage), daughter Vera Appleyard (George), son John Heaps (Mary Jane), Grandson Matthew Appleyard (Jennifer; Lucas, Athan, Izabella), granddaughter Amber Lawrence (Travis), grandson Mackenzie Appleyard (Corrine), brother Joe Tesar, sister-in-laws Isabell Martini, Charlotte Heaps and brother-in-law Jim Heaps. Sadly her first baby Lori Lynn died of SIDS at the age of six weeks. Helene was born in Winnipeg to Winnie and Frank Tesar, on October 19th 1935. She lived most of her young life on a farm in Balmoral and later Stonewall. In her late teens her family moved to Winnipeg. During her school days at Victoria School she met her good friend Annie (Tomyk). During one of her visits Annie’s mom introduced Helene to the neighbours big handsome young farm boy. He only lived one and half miles away and was driving for the Rockwood Victoria COOP milk truck. Helene and John married on October 6th, 1956. Helene worked for MTS on Corydon Ave. and then transferred out to Stonewall. Later Helene started working for Link Hardware which is now Home Hardware. Helene loved fishing with John even though she was scared to death of water. She also loved to dance. Her claim to fame were her dill pickles. She would always make over 50 quarts each year and gladly give them away. She had a meticulous work ethic whether it was cleaning the house, canning, or doing the books for the farm. A visit in the summer meant you were guaranteed a trunkful of garden vegetables each time you left their farm. She loved it all. No matter how hard the day Helene always had a smile on her face and said everything was fine. Service was held Friday, September 1st, 2017 at Stonewall Legion at 11 am.

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