Helen Barrett 

Helen Barrett passed away on July 5, 2006. She was 88 years old and up until a few months before her passing, lived in her home, near Edson Alberta. Helen led a full and varied life, most of it related to activities in the outdoors. Helen and Bob moved to UC with their daughter Kathy (age 9) in 1952. Bob worked as a carpenter foreman in many of the surrounding mines. Helen was known for her dog team, which she used to haul freight to mines around the lakes during the spring and fall break-up and freeze-up. She loved hunting and fishing and often spoke of the many adventures they had with Hap and Slim Cave during the fall goose hunt across Lake Athabasca. She was a true woman of the north and even during her last days in hospital, she spoke enthusiastically of all the projects she was going to take on "when she got feeling better". She passed away with Kathy and her family with her. Bob predeceased Helen in 1973. I will miss her.                    

submitted by Kathy (Barrett) Meston