HELEN GERTRUDE NOKES (WEITZEL)

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HELEN GERTRUDE NOKES

Helen Gertrude Nokes (nee Weitzel), born November 12, 1928, died on November 28, 2019 after a lengthy decline at Trillium Lodge, Parksville, BC.
She was predeceased by her husband Frank.
Helen was born in Winnipeg and grew up in River Heights, with one year in Regina. She married Frank Nokes in 1953, and in 1961 she left her work at City Hall, to raise her children.
Helen was a kind, supportive mother and wife. She enjoyed her volunteer work teaching swimming to young people with handicaps. In the mid-1980s, she returned to working outside the home, this time as a sales clerk at Eaton's until she retired.
Helen was a sporty person, who swam and hiked regularly, and cross-country skied and cycled. Helen also enjoyed reading, gardening and time with her family. Helen treasured her visits with her granddaughter Vanessa at home and at her daughter's in the US. In her later years she was an active member of St. Aidan's Church in Winnipeg.
Helen lived in her own house until 2015, when she moved in with her family in BC. We will miss her strength of character, her humour, joy and friendship.
She leaves to mourn her brother and sister-in-law, Norman and Linda Weitzel, her daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Kevin O'Brien, granddaughter Vanessa O'Brien, and her son and daughter-in-law David and Frances Nokes.
Profound thanks to the staff at Trillium Lodge and to companions, Linda Howard and Kathleen Lario.

Email contact: fdnokes@hotmail.com

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 21, 2019