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Helene Marie Caufield was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on July 10, 1929. She attended Central Public School and Sault Collegiate Institute and received the nursing scholarship on graduation. Helene trained as a nurse at the Plummer Memorial Public Hospital and the Civic Hospital in Ottawa. She also received training in pediatrics at Montreal and at War Memorial Children's Hospital in London, Ontario. Helene worked in Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), and Montreal before being sponsored by the Anglican Church of Canada to serve at All Saints Hospital in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Although based in Aklavik, Helene also provided nursing services in Fort McPherson, Reindeer Station, and Tuktoyaktuk. She also spent some time in Inuvik. In 1960, Helene went to Edmonton and earned a diploma in public health nursing. She resumed her nursing career in Fort Simpson, where she married Edd Johnson in 1963. A son, Peter, was born in Fort Simpson later that year followed by a daughter, Clara, born three years later in Inuvik. Imperial Oil transferred Edd and the family to Calgary in 1966 and Edmonton in 1973. Helene moved to Victoria following the deaths of Edd and Peter. Throughout her life, Helene was involved in church work, including teaching Sunday School while in Aklavik and singing in several choirs. She received a number of awards for her volunteer work with the Victorian Order of Nurses and other organizations. Her other interests included painting, gardening, knitting, and sewing. Helene died in Victoria on September 26, 2015.
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Authority record created Aug 27/20 LG
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"Helene Marie (née Caufield) Johnson", The Sault Star, accessed August 27, 2020, http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=916424