HELEN G. DEMERCHANT FORT FAIRFIELD – Helen G. DeMerchant, 100, wife of the late Donald L. DeMerchant, passed away Thursday evening, Sept. 4, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Carolyn, with her family by her side after a short illness. She was born Sept. 8, 1907, in Millville, New Brunswick, the daughter of Walter and Gertrude (Urgu-hart) Kennedy. Millville was Mom’s home for 13 years before her father moved the family to Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, where he built their new home. After graduating from high school in 1926, she graduated from Victoria Public Hospital Training School for Nurses, Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1929. Her first job was in Quincy, Mass., then she moved to Fort Fair-field in 1932, where she worked at Community General Hospital until her retirement. There she met her husband, Donald, while caring for his mother. They were married Aug. 1, 1934, at Plaster Rock Baptist Church. Mom’s life was full of experiences and we all loved her stories, like her love for cats and how she would dress them in doll cloths and give them rides in the doll carriage. She loved to go to dances at Arthurette, but her dad always showed up early to see her home or meet her on the doorstep with the lantern in his nightshirt, waving for her to come in when a friend would walk her home. Her trips on the Canadian Pacific Railroad to Fredericton with her father, the conductor, was a great time, especially shopping before returning home. She loved being a nurse and taking care of others when needed. The experiences she had working the night shift were fun to hear with a lot of laughs. She work-ed hard to care for us, and even more so after Dad’s death at the age of 42. She continued that care right into our adult lives and with the lives of our children. Her care and outreach to others were shown by send-ing cards for all occasions or by a telephone call. Upon retiring from nursing at the age
HELEN G. DEMERCHANT
