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Helen May Howell was born on 24 April 1926. She died on 2 January 2013, at age 86, in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery, St Thomas, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹

Helen (Howell) Hewitt

Born In: Sydnery
Born: April 24th, 1926

Passed on: January 2nd, 2013

Helen May (Howell) Hewitt of St. Thomas passed away on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013, at the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital in her 87th year.
Dearly loved wife for over 66 years of Robert ‘Bob’ Hewitt and loving mother of Lina and her husband Dave Erskine of St. Thomas, Harry Hewitt of London, Brenda Hewitt of London, Dale Hewitt and his partner Sherry and David and his wife Pattie Hewitt all of St. Thomas.
Predeceased by son, Thomas Roy Hewitt (1961).
Loved grandmother of David Erskine, Lisa Taylor, Laurie Hewitt, Shawn Hewitt, Christian Hewitt, Cameron Hewitt, Breanna Hewitt, Becky Hewitt and Patrick Kinney and by six great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Loved sister of Thomas Howell of St. Thomas. Sadly missed by a number of family in Sydney, N.S., and Newfoundland.
Helen was also predeceased by brothers, Melvin, Clarence and Harry.
She was born April 24, 1926, in Sydney, the daughter of the late Thomas and Louise Howell. Helen was a member of Lord Elgin Branch #41 Royal Canadian Legion and the Cape Breton Navy Veterans Association.
Resting at Williams Funeral Home, 45 Elgin St., St. Thomas, where funeral service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. Interment to follow in Elmdale Cemetery. Visitation Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Donations may be made to the cancer society.

Thomas Roy Hewitt was born on 30 July 1961 in Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 30 July 1961, at age 0, in Ontario, Canada.¹ He was buried in Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery, St Thomas, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹

Rosa Belle Gordon was born on 1 November 1871 in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and Peter Clark Gates were married on 16 March 1892 in Bayham Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.² She died on 11 June 1941, at age 69, in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

Gordon Victor Gates was born on 28 January 1893 in Port Burwell, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He and Georgina (Jean) Palmer were married on 5 May 1915 in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He and Florence Gertrude Jackson were married on 12 September 1928 in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.² He died in 1968, at age ~75.

David Clark Gates was born on 16 October 1894 in Port Burwell, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.^1,2 He and Beatrice Charlotte Grace Tingey were married on 23 September 1919 in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.³ He died in 1958, at age ~64.² He was buried in Elmdale Memorial Park Cemetery, St Thomas, Yarmouth, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.²

David Clark Gates was a Brakeman.⁴

Clayton Monroe Gates was born on 10 January 1897 in Port Burwell, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.^1,2,3 He and Clara Luella Baker were married on 19 November 1919 in Westminster Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1970, at age ~73.³ He was buried in Pond Mills Cemetery, London, Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.³

Clarence Gates was born on 2 December 1899 in Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 6 December 1899, at age 0, in Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.²

Dytha May Gates was born on 13 July 1902 in Port Burwell, Bayham, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and Bert Alexander Harper were married on 22 July 1936 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. She and Bert Alexander Harper were divorced on 5 June 1947 in Charlevoix County, Michigan.² She died on 15 April 1996, at age 93, in Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan.¹

Delia Iva Gates was born on 20 October 1904 in Bayham Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.^2,3,1 She and Naboth Henry Daniel were married on 16 June 1926 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. She died in 1989, at age ~85, in Ontario, Canada.³ She was buried in Ebenezer Grove Cemetery, Mount Elgin, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.^4,3

George Gates was born on 24 November 1906 in Port Burwell, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ He died on 26 November 1906, at age 0, in Bayham Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.²

Jennie Gates was born on 26 July 1912 in Bayham Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died on 7 August 1912, at age 0, in Bayham Township, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.²

Georgina (Jean) Palmer was born on 20 December 1889 in Yarmouth Centre, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She and Gordon Victor Gates were married on 5 May 1915 in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. She died on 14 February 1925, at age 35, in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.² She was buried in St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.

Florence Gertrude Jackson was born on 3 November 1897 in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. She and Gordon Victor Gates were married on 12 September 1928 in St Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.¹ She died in 1987, at age ~90. She was buried in St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.