Helen Rolston

Obituary of Helen Grant Rolston

November 7,1923 – Calgary Alberta

November 30, 2022 – Cochrane Alberta

 

Helen Grant Rolston (nee Jardine) of Cochrane, Alberta peacefully passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at the age of 99 years.

 

Helen was born and grew up in Calgary, AB. Early in her teen years she decided that she wanted to be a nurse; she fulfilled this goal upon graduation from Calgary General Hospital nurses training in September 1945. Rocky Mountain House Hospital was her first posting.

 

Helen married William Rolston (her childhood neighbour) on August 17, 1946. Returning to Calgary to work at the General Hospital, and then the Royal Alexander Hospital in Edmonton.

Helen and Bill had three children, Bill, Don and Barbara. Family was Helen’s passion and life commitment. After spending seventeen years in Vancouver, they returned to Alberta and soon took up residence on a farm in Grand Valley near Cochrane. These were special years for Helen. In 1992 Bill and Helen moved into Cochrane where they remained until their deaths.

 

Helen will be fondly remembered by her children and many grandchildren for her kindness, interest in every detail, patience, and loving support. She often said that she was so blessed by the life she was able to have.

 

In living memory of Helen Rolston, a tree will be planted in the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area by McInnis & Holloway Funeral Homes, Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road SE, Calgary, Ab t2x 3j3, Telephone: 403-256-9575.

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