{"id":63540,"date":"2019-03-23T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T13:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cknx.ca\/?p=63540"},"modified":"2019-03-23T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T13:55:28","slug":"mclean-helen-age-89-seaforth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2019\/03\/mclean-helen-age-89-seaforth\/","title":{"rendered":"McLean, Helen (Age 89, Seaforth)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: #FAFAFA\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\"><strong>Helen Grace McLEAN\u00a0<\/strong>of Seaforth<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>peacefully at her home, after a brief illness, on Thursday March 21, 2019\u00a0 in her 90th year.\u00a0 Beloved wife of the late Edison &#8220;Ed&#8221; McLean (2009) for 51 years.\u00a0 Cherished mother of Heather McLean.\u00a0 Dear sister of Jean Dewar of Atwood.\u00a0 Remembered by several nieces and nephews, her &#8220;twin&#8221; cousin Shirley Buchanan and several other cousins.\u00a0 Also missed by the Belles of St. Mary&#8217;s Nurses and lifelong friends.\u00a0 Predeceased by her parents Ina (McKay) &amp; Elgin Dewar, sister Aletha Struthers, brothers James &amp; John Dewar, brother in law Percy Struthers, sister in law Margaret Dewar, and nephew Brian Struthers.\u00a0 Helen was a proud graduate of the St. Marys Hospital school of nursing, Kitchener class of 1951.\u00a0 She nursed at Victoria Hospital in London until 1953 when she spent a year nursing in Calgary and Edmonton.\u00a0 In 1955 Helen graduated from UWO in Nursing Education and returned to teach nursing at Victoria Hospital.\u00a0 She loved nursing and teaching the nursing students.\u00a0 Helen had to give up her beloved career due to brittle diabetes.\u00a0 Helen had\u00a0type 1 diabetes and was on insulin injections for 60 years.\u00a0 Helen was also a life member of the UCW at St. Andrews United Church Kippen, and enjoyed being a 4H leader.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #FAFAFA\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">There will be no visitation.\u00a0 A celebration of Helen&#8217;s Life will be held at the Egmondville United Church, 26 Kippen Road, Egmondville, on Wednesday March 27, 2019 at 2 p.m.\u00a0 Interment at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Ontario.\u00a0 As expressions of sympathy memorial donations to Egmondville United Church, or the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides.\u00a0 Funeral arrangements are entrusted to <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"http:\/\/falconerfuneralhomes.com\">Falconer Funeral Homes, Clinton.\u00a0<\/a><\/span> Messages of condolence for Helen&#8217;s family may be placed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falconerfuneralhomes.com\">www.falconerfuneralhomes.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #FAFAFA\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helen Grace McLEAN\u00a0of Seaforth,\u00a0peacefully at her home, after a brief illness, on Thursday March 21, 2019\u00a0 in her 90th year.\u00a0 Beloved wife of the late Edison &#8220;Ed&#8221; 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