PRINCE ALBERT — It will be three years ago this August that Helen Harradence celebrated her 100th birthday, and she almost reached her 103rd birthday, but unfortunately, she died on March 10 at 102.
Helen received the Order of Saskatchewan in 2007 for her dedication to the church through her membership in the ACW, acting as a delegate to both the Provincial and General Synods, and serving as a long-standing member of the Anglican Foundation.
She came to Saskatchewan at the age of 16, from Winnipeg, with her parents. Her father was the bishop of the Diocese of Saskatchewan for the next 20 years. She married Clyne Harradence in 1950, practising medicine until she had their four sons. She also had six grandchildren.
As Bishop Anthony Burton said at Helen’s 100th birthday two years ago, “We have gathered to give thanks to God for his gift to us of a hundred (102) years of Helen’s life; for all he has accomplished in that life; and specifically for all God has accomplished through her in our own lives.”
