Obituary of Helen Gertrude Shultz

HELEN GERTRUDE SHULTZ Helen was born to Frank and Carrie Noble at Creston, Iowa, USA on May 10, 1914. She immigrated with her parents and siblings to a farm at Osage, SK in 1916. Helen was married to George Shultz on Dec. 25, 1934. She and George lived on the farm at Osage until their retirement into Fort QuAppelle in 1973. After Georges death in 1977, Helen remained in their Fort QuAppelle home until moving into assisted living at Harrison House in Fort QuAppelle in 2005. Following her hip surgery in Dec. of 2010, Helen spent her remaining days in the Balcarres Integrated Care Centre and later at Echo Lodge at Fort QuAppelle. Helen passed away in the Palliative Care Unit at the All Nations Healing Hospital, Fort QuAppelle, early Tuesday morning, April 3, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband, George Shultz; her parents, Frank and Carrie Noble; two brothers, Mark and Harlan Noble and one sister, Lydia Noble. Helen is survived by one brother Glendon Noble of Stoughton, SK; three sons, Dale of Hayward, California; Lyle of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Kelvin (Elaine) of Osage, SK; one daughter Vera (Stanley) Sinclair of Fort QuAppelle, SK; four grandsons, Steve Shultz of Prince Albert, SK; Dean (Sally) Sinclair of Meadow Lake, SK; Tim (Carla) Shultz of Osage, SK and Rob Shultz of Argentina; four granddaughters, Valerie (Roger) Parsonage of Vernon, BC, Donna (Jayden) Cobb of Fort QuAppelle, SK; Karen (Pat) Covlin of Fort QuAppelle, SK and Janine (Kurt) Carpenter of Kitscoty, AB; two nephews, Wayne (Elaine) Noble and Garth Noble; as well as sixteen great-grandchildren and her many friends. Funeral Service will be held at the Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive, Regina, SK on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Interment at Riverside Memorial Park. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.speersfuneralchapel.com