Obituary of Helena Eisler

EISLER, Helena Margaret (nee Stewart) - 103 years, peacefully on October 4, 2014 at Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Dear mother of Margaret (Eisler) Kipp. Dear Granny of Joanna and Helena Kyriakou. Predeceased by her husband George (June 24, 2004) and by her brothers Ian and wife Jeannie, Duncan and wife Han and sister Louisa and husband Bob Steedman, all of Scotland. Predeceased by nephews Donald Stewart and wife Dorothy, George Stewart and wife May and niece Sheila. Predeceased by her dear friend Isabel Stewart. Helena Margaret Stewart (known as Helen to all) was born at 30 Kenmore Street, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, on January 15, 1911. Her parents were Donald and Margaret Stewart (nee McPhail). She was proud of the fact she descended from the McCombich Stewarts. Helen married George Eisler, a Canadian soldier and as a war bride sailed to Canada on the Aquitania following WWII. Part of "her" WWII had been spent in the "censorship", a distant part of MI-5. Settling into a small place on Church Street in Windsor, Ontario, they added a dog, Laddie, to their family and later a daughter Margaret. They moved to Norman Road in 1949 and Helen made many friends on Norman Road and at St. Paul's Church. She worked in Windsor at bookkeeping and retail, at Kresge's, West and Sons, Belle's, and Smeeton's. She was active in the United Church Women, the Busy Bee Quilters at St. Paul's and the Trillium Club for seniors and she was a proud member of the Scottish Society. Her friendly nature and love for friends and family will be greatly missed. The funeral will take place in the Chapel at the Ogden Funeral Home at 4164 Sheppard Avenue East (near Midland Avenue), Toronto, Ontario M1S 1T3 (416-293-5211) on Friday, October 10, 2014. Visitation will take place from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., followed by the funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Interment will take place on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Grace Lutheran Cemetery in Mitchell, Ontario. Donations may be made in her memory to the Canadian Red Cross Society or to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.