Irene Elizabeth Jean HELMER

1920 - 2004  (84 years)

• Name	Irene Elizabeth Jean HELMER
  Birth	9 Feb 1920	South Porcupine, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Census-Household Member	1931	Tisdale Twp., Temiskaming, Ontario, Canada
  Death	12 Feb 2004	Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Burial	Forester's Falls, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Howard Cemetery Forester's Falls, Ontario Canada
  Person ID	I111654492	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	George Franklin HELMER,   b. 8 Apr 1887, , , Quebec, Canada d. 8 May 1948, Lake Munro, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Jennie Ellen PIRIE,   b. 29 Sep 1892, Shawville, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 12 Nov 1959, South Porcupine, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1915	Aylmer, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F60523356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Osborne BOWES,   b. 14 Jul 1911, Hagarty Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Jan 1976, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1936	South Porcupine, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Barbara Ellen BOWES,   b. 9 Nov 1937   d. 21 May 2011, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) + 2. Shirley Irene BOWES,   b. 1940   d. 14 Sep 2002, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)   3. Kenneth Osbourn BOWES,   b. 29 Nov 1941, South Porcupine, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Apr 2025, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   4. William George BOWES,   b. 8 Dec 1944   d. 11 Mar 2012, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F60437544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2016

  
  

• Documents

  Bowes, Irene nee Helmer death Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Lena Byce

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Bowes, Thomas & Irene nee Helmer Howard Cemetery, Forester’s Falls, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett

  
  

• Notes

  Census-Household Member: Role: Household Member

  
  

• Sources

  [S91140] Newspaper - Ottawa Citizen (Reliability: 3). BOWES, Irene Formerly of Foresters Falls, Ontario, in Groves Park Lodge, Renfrew on Thursday, February 12, 2004 in her 85th year. Irene Bowes (nee Helmer), beloved wife of the late Osbourne Bowes. Dear mother of Barbara (Gordon Patterson), Kenneth (Susan) Bowes and William Bowes. Also survived by 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great granddaughter and 1 brother, Cecil Helmer. Predeceased by a daughter Shirley (Alvin Stone) and a son Franklin George. Friends may call at the Fraser-Morris & Heubner Funeral Home, Cobden, Saturday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Service in the chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. Spring interment Howard Cemetery, Foresters Falls, Ontario. Donations to the Standard Church Building Fund would be appreciated. Published in The Ottawa Citizen on Feb. 14, 2004 [S1172707] 0Newspaper-CA-ON-The Ottawa Citizen (Reliability: 3). BOWES, Irene Formerly of Foresters Falls, Ontario, in Groves Park Lodge, Renfrew on Thursday, February 12, 2004 in her 85th year. Irene Bowes (nee Helmer), beloved wife of the late Osbourne Bowes. Dear mother of Barbara (Gordon Patterson), Kenneth (Susan) Bowes and William Bowes. Also survived by 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great granddaughter and 1 brother, Cecil Helmer. Predeceased by a daughter Shirley (Alvin Stone) and a son Franklin George. Friends may call at the Fraser-Morris & Heubner Funeral Home, Cobden, Saturday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Service in the chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. Spring interment Howard Cemetery, Foresters Falls, Ontario. Donations to the Standard Church Building Fund would be appreciated. Published in The Ottawa Citizen on Feb. 14, 2004 [S91229] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 028176 (Reliability: 3). [S1172363] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 028176 (Reliability: 3).