Helena Jennings
Helena Jennings
of RR4 Winchester passed, away on March 10, 2005 at Winchester
District Memorial Hospital. She was 82.
She was predeceased by her husband Robert Jennings whom she married
on Aug. 3, 1940 in Winchester. She is survived by children Carol
(Wayne) Ferguson of Chesterville, Donna Wade of RR4 Winchester,
Sandra Mayhew of Elma, Mac (Audrey) of Cornwall, and Cheryl Jennings
(Jim Springthorpe) of Berwick. She was predeceased by brother
Laird Ouderkirk and by sisters Bertha Pearson and Margaret Nichol.
She will be fondly remembered by 12 grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren. She is also survived by nieces and nephews.
She was born in Chesterville on Aug. 11, 1922 to the late Robert
Ouderkirk and Helen Ouderkirk (nee MacFarlane). She was a lifetime
resident of the area. She was a homemaker and farmer's wife. She
enjoyed knitting, crocheting, playing cards, watching movies,
and playing Bingo.
The funeral service was held on March 15 at Marsden and McLaughlin
Funeral Home in Williamsburg with Rev. Doug Carnegie officiating.
Spring interment of cremated remains will be at Maple Ridge Cemetery
in Chesterville.