Obituary - Helen Abraham

Mrs. Helen Abraham, 77, Former Genesee Resident, Dies in Minnesota

Mrs. Helen Abraham, 77, a former Genesee resident, died of internal hemorrhaging Thursday morning, November 23 at a hospital in St. Paul, Minn. She had been ill for nine weeks.

She was the widow of James S. Abraham, who was employed in farm work at Genesee for 14 years. He died in 1956.

Mrs. Abraham was born Helen Berday, October 6, 1890 at Machagara, Syria, and immediately migrated to Canada with her family as a young girl. She married Abraham January 30, 1908, at North Portal, Sask., and they Last Pagesteaded there until 1914 when he moved to Morris, Sask., and operated a bakery.

The family moved to Genesee in 1937. After Abraham's death in 1956 she made her Last Page with children in St. Paul.

Survivors include four sons, James of Lewiston; George of Tacoma; Lloyd of St. Paul; and Salem of San Jose, California; two daughters, Mrs. Edward (Josephine) Haggar of Rolla, N.D., and Mrs. C. T. (Victoria) Paray of St. Paul; a sister, Mrs. Phoebe Abood of Estevan, Sask.; 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

The body was sent to Vassar-Rawls Funeral Last Page where rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Requiem Mass was celebrated Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church with the Rev. Fr. John J. O'Hara as celebrant.

Organist was Mrs. William Cherrier and soloist was Mrs. J. D. McLaughlin.

Active pallbearers were Chris P. Busch, Clarkston; Edward Weber, Patrick Weber, Cifford Hermann, Fred Hove, and Ray Trautman, all of Genesee.

Honorary pallbearers were Ray Edwards, Gus Fickens, Fred J. Morscheck, D. M. Springer, and Julius Fidler and N. J. Busch.

Burial was at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.

Unidentified newspaper, (undated clipping)
Transcribed by Jill Leonard Nock

Note: There is a second obituary that is essentially the same as above, but incudes the following paragraph immediately after the third paragraph above: " In 1918 they moved to the United States, settling at Portal, N.D., where he farmed and was employed by the Soo Line Railroad. In 1929 he began farming full time."

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