Helen Crawford

Helen Crawford

Helen Crawford Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Sep. 17 to Sep. 19, 2005.
CRAWFORD, Helen E. (nee Cairns) - Passed away on September 15, 2005 in her 92nd year. Devoted wife of the late Dr. Jack Crawford (1990). Loving mother of John, Peter and Gary and daughters-in-law Claire, Carol and Linda. Beloved grandmother of Rob (Shayla Wirth), Vicki, Marsha, Matthew and Lauren and great-granddaughter Sophia. Survived by brother Bill (Lynn) of Simcoe and sister-in-law Joanne of Niagara Falls. Predeceased in death by her brother Jack (2002). The family will receive friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East), from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20. The funeral service in the chapel at 1 o'clock. Interment at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. If desired, donations to the Doctor Jack Crawford Endowment Fund, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 #416-813-5320 (in Support of Ophthalmology). Humphrey Funeral Home A.W. Miles Chapel 416-487-4523

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