Obituary of Helena Michels

MICHELS: HELENA PETRONELLA "LENA" PEACEFULLY AT THE KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS ON SATURDAY JANUARY 29, 2005 AT THE AGE OF 81. LENA MICHELS DEVOTED WIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MICHELS. LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HER CHILDREN MARY JABLONSKI (ERNEST), CATRIENA BRUBACHER (LES), SUSAN SMITH (GARY), BILL MICHELS (PATRICIA), ANDY MICHELS (ALICE), BARB PAYNE (DAVE). CHERISHED GRANDMOTHER OF AMISSA, KELLI AND BRYCE JABLONSKI, TREVOR (JULIE), AND AMANDA SMITH, STEVEN, BRYAN, AND KURTIS MICHELS, LINDSAY AND STACEY PAYNE. SURVIVED BY 1 SISTER IN CANADA. PREDECEASED BY 2 SISTERS AND 3 BROTHERS IN HOLLAND. ALSO SURVIVED BY MANY SISTER IN LAWS, BROTHER IN LAWS, AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE TOMPKINS FUNERAL HOME 63 GARDEN STREET GANANOQUE ON WEDNESDAY FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 PM. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE HELD FROM ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3 AT 11:00 AM. RITE OF COMMITTAL ST. JOHN'S CEMETERY. AS EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY DONATIONS MADE TO THE KINGSTON REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE, KGH PALLIATIVE CARE, OR TO THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY THE FAMILY.