HELENE ANNE SMITH
Helene was born on St. Patricks day, March 17, 1911 in Port Dover, Ontario, the third daughter of Charles Edward Smith (1883-1952) and Mabel Helen Gibbs (1888-1968). She had two older sisters, Hazel who died at the age of three months, and Rhea who was born two years before her. She had a younger brother Ken who was born about 17 years after Helene.
She was raised in Port Dover and attended public school and probably two years of high school there. Her father Charlie was a commercial fisherman on Lake Erie with his brother Harry, and her mother sold vegetables and flowers grown in the household yard.
Helen worked at odd jobs in Port Dover until she met Ken Siddall (1908-1958) in Port Dover, Ontario while he was surveying Highway 6 for the Department of Highways of Ontario. They were married on Feb. 25, 1931. They took up residence in Toronto.
During the 1930's Ken was on the road most of the time surveying for the DHO. Helene developed an interest in art and ceramics, and taught ceramic classes. Ken built a ceramic kiln and a ceramics artist's studio for Helene in the basement of their Toronto home.
In 1949 Ken & Helene bought a cottage at Eight Mile Point on the West side of Lake Simcoe. Helene loved fishing on the lake.
Helen moved from ceramics to oil painting once the family moved to Sunnylea Avenue. She created about 40 to 50 works of art during the 1950s. She would buy and refinish old picture frames to show her art work.
Ken Siddall suffered three heart attacks in the early 1950s. He died at age 50 of another heart attack while attending a highway department convention in Miami on Nov. 12, 1958. Helene took in a boarder to supplement her pension income, and worked in retail positions on a part-time basis.
Helene sold the house on Sunnylea Ave. in Toronto, and moved to a house near Kirkfield, Ontario on Mitchell Lake on the Trent Canal. Over the ensuing years, she renovated that house and spent the winter months in Panama City Beach, Florida. She often took a friend with her to Florida for company.
The harshness of the winter, the solitude and her advancing age caused Helene to move to St. Catharines in the 1980s. She joined the Senior Citizens Center there to expand her social life, attending art classes, dances & other activities.
In 1998 Helene was admitted to the Niagara Arms Retirement Hotel where she passed away on Jan 14, 2001, two months before her 90th birthday.
Helene had been married for 27 years, from 1931 until 1958. She remained a widow for 42 years.
Helene was born on St. Patricks day, March 17, 1911 in Port Dover, Ontario, the third daughter of Charles Edward Smith (1883-1952) and Mabel Helen Gibbs (1888-1968). She had two older sisters, Hazel who died at the age of three months, and Rhea who was born two years before her. She had a younger brother Ken who was born about 17 years after Helene.
She was raised in Port Dover and attended public school and probably two years of high school there. Her father Charlie was a commercial fisherman on Lake Erie with his brother Harry, and her mother sold vegetables and flowers grown in the household yard.
Helen worked at odd jobs in Port Dover until she met Ken Siddall (1908-1958) in Port Dover, Ontario while he was surveying Highway 6 for the Department of Highways of Ontario. They were married on Feb. 25, 1931. They took up residence in Toronto.
During the 1930's Ken was on the road most of the time surveying for the DHO. Helene developed an interest in art and ceramics, and taught ceramic classes. Ken built a ceramic kiln and a ceramics artist's studio for Helene in the basement of their Toronto home.
In 1949 Ken & Helene bought a cottage at Eight Mile Point on the West side of Lake Simcoe. Helene loved fishing on the lake.
Helen moved from ceramics to oil painting once the family moved to Sunnylea Avenue. She created about 40 to 50 works of art during the 1950s. She would buy and refinish old picture frames to show her art work.
Ken Siddall suffered three heart attacks in the early 1950s. He died at age 50 of another heart attack while attending a highway department convention in Miami on Nov. 12, 1958. Helene took in a boarder to supplement her pension income, and worked in retail positions on a part-time basis.
Helene sold the house on Sunnylea Ave. in Toronto, and moved to a house near Kirkfield, Ontario on Mitchell Lake on the Trent Canal. Over the ensuing years, she renovated that house and spent the winter months in Panama City Beach, Florida. She often took a friend with her to Florida for company.
The harshness of the winter, the solitude and her advancing age caused Helene to move to St. Catharines in the 1980s. She joined the Senior Citizens Center there to expand her social life, attending art classes, dances & other activities.
In 1998 Helene was admitted to the Niagara Arms Retirement Hotel where she passed away on Jan 14, 2001, two months before her 90th birthday.
Helene had been married for 27 years, from 1931 until 1958. She remained a widow for 42 years.
HELENE ANNE SMITH
Helene was born on St. Patricks day, March 17, 1911 in Port Dover, Ontario, the third daughter of Charles Edward Smith (1883-1952) and Mabel Helen Gibbs (1888-1968). She had two older sisters, Hazel who died at the age of three months, and Rhea who was born two years before her. She had a younger brother Ken who was born about 17 years after Helene.
She was raised in Port Dover and attended public school and probably two years of high school there. Her father Charlie was a commercial fisherman on Lake Erie with his brother Harry, and her mother sold vegetables and flowers grown in the household yard.
Helen worked at odd jobs in Port Dover until she met Ken Siddall (1908-1958) in Port Dover, Ontario while he was surveying Highway 6 for the Department of Highways of Ontario. They were married on Feb. 25, 1931. They took up residence in Toronto.
During the 1930's Ken was on the road most of the time surveying for the DHO. Helene developed an interest in art and ceramics, and taught ceramic classes. Ken built a ceramic kiln and a ceramics artist's studio for Helene in the basement of their Toronto home.
In 1949 Ken & Helene bought a cottage at Eight Mile Point on the West side of Lake Simcoe. Helene loved fishing on the lake.
Helen moved from ceramics to oil painting once the family moved to Sunnylea Avenue. She created about 40 to 50 works of art during the 1950s. She would buy and refinish old picture frames to show her art work.
Ken Siddall suffered three heart attacks in the early 1950s. He died at age 50 of another heart attack while attending a highway department convention in Miami on Nov. 12, 1958. Helene took in a boarder to supplement her pension income, and worked in retail positions on a part-time basis.
Helene sold the house on Sunnylea Ave. in Toronto, and moved to a house near Kirkfield, Ontario on Mitchell Lake on the Trent Canal. Over the ensuing years, she renovated that house and spent the winter months in Panama City Beach, Florida. She often took a friend with her to Florida for company.
The harshness of the winter, the solitude and her advancing age caused Helene to move to St. Catharines in the 1980s. She joined the Senior Citizens Center there to expand her social life, attending art classes, dances & other activities.
In 1998 Helene was admitted to the Niagara Arms Retirement Hotel where she passed away on Jan 14, 2001, two months before her 90th birthday.
Helene had been married for 27 years, from 1931 until 1958. She remained a widow for 42 years.
Helene was born on St. Patricks day, March 17, 1911 in Port Dover, Ontario, the third daughter of Charles Edward Smith (1883-1952) and Mabel Helen Gibbs (1888-1968). She had two older sisters, Hazel who died at the age of three months, and Rhea who was born two years before her. She had a younger brother Ken who was born about 17 years after Helene.
She was raised in Port Dover and attended public school and probably two years of high school there. Her father Charlie was a commercial fisherman on Lake Erie with his brother Harry, and her mother sold vegetables and flowers grown in the household yard.
Helen worked at odd jobs in Port Dover until she met Ken Siddall (1908-1958) in Port Dover, Ontario while he was surveying Highway 6 for the Department of Highways of Ontario. They were married on Feb. 25, 1931. They took up residence in Toronto.
During the 1930's Ken was on the road most of the time surveying for the DHO. Helene developed an interest in art and ceramics, and taught ceramic classes. Ken built a ceramic kiln and a ceramics artist's studio for Helene in the basement of their Toronto home.
In 1949 Ken & Helene bought a cottage at Eight Mile Point on the West side of Lake Simcoe. Helene loved fishing on the lake.
Helen moved from ceramics to oil painting once the family moved to Sunnylea Avenue. She created about 40 to 50 works of art during the 1950s. She would buy and refinish old picture frames to show her art work.
Ken Siddall suffered three heart attacks in the early 1950s. He died at age 50 of another heart attack while attending a highway department convention in Miami on Nov. 12, 1958. Helene took in a boarder to supplement her pension income, and worked in retail positions on a part-time basis.
Helene sold the house on Sunnylea Ave. in Toronto, and moved to a house near Kirkfield, Ontario on Mitchell Lake on the Trent Canal. Over the ensuing years, she renovated that house and spent the winter months in Panama City Beach, Florida. She often took a friend with her to Florida for company.
The harshness of the winter, the solitude and her advancing age caused Helene to move to St. Catharines in the 1980s. She joined the Senior Citizens Center there to expand her social life, attending art classes, dances & other activities.
In 1998 Helene was admitted to the Niagara Arms Retirement Hotel where she passed away on Jan 14, 2001, two months before her 90th birthday.
Helene had been married for 27 years, from 1931 until 1958. She remained a widow for 42 years.
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