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Always in my heart and memory.
Tressie Alvernaz
August 11, 2024 | Friend


Santa Rosa, California
Age 91, died of heart failure on Friday, July 18th, 2014 in her Rincon Valley home in Santa Rosa, California. She lived a full life as a loving mother, a friend to many, and distinguished by her genuine love and deep interest in talking with people. Her life of service was marked by a nursing...
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Tressie Alvernaz
August 11, 2024 | Friend
I will always remember this remarkable lady.
Tressie Alvernaz
August 11, 2023 | Friend
I knew Helen from her work at Laguna High School in Sebastopol, CA in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was an awesome nurse and person. Always so cheerful and interested in everyone. She will be missed. -- I read about her life in her obit and all the things she did and places she visited. Amazing! And that was really the word for Helen...Amazing!!
Mary Sloan
September 27, 2014 | Merritt Island, FL
Dearest Helen, what a joy you have been in my life and the life of my family. You are sorely missed. I look forward to seeing you on the other side when it's my turn to cross over. Much love and Aloha to you and your family.
September 09, 2014

You will be missed. In your lifetime you have touched many people. You always had a positive attitude. The memories of our Girl Scout troop's #50, 2 week camping trips, will always have a special place in my heart.
Michele Doss
September 02, 2014 | Santa Rosa, CA
We first meet Helen on a trip to the Antarctic in 2003,it was an instant friendship as we both liked travel. We also had a common interest in Los Gatos high school. In 2005 we where one group ahead of her on a trip from Cape Town to Cairo. In 2006 we joined Helen and Merry on a trip to Copper Canyon in Mexico. We have been in contact with Helen since the 2003 trip and will miss her letters. She was a very interesting woman, and a wonderful friend.
Dick and Tressie Alvernaz
August 30, 2014 | Lakeside, CA
Helen was a dear friend ever since we attended UCSF to earn our BS degrees in Nursing. Though we went separate ways with work and families we met every year for picnics and stays at Asilomar. Even our children became part of the celebrations. Helen was so interested in the world around her, so curious and upbeat. What a loss.
Margaret Cooney Walton
August 28, 2014 | Hayward, CA
I first met Helen a couple of years ago at the Saturday Afternoon Club and always enjoyed talking with her on the Saturdays I saw her. She was so friendly and so gracious. I enjoyed reading about her remarkable life. She will be missed.
Mary Klein Thompson
August 23, 2014 | Santa Rosa, CA
What an example to all of us on using our time to the fullest. It's an honor to have known and worked with you.
Julie Dahl
August 23, 2014 | Sacramento, CA