Passed away at home after an eight month illness of multiple myeloma. Helen was born in Kimberley, BC, the fourth child of Joe and Eva Giegerich. In 1959 Helen moved to Vancouver and studied nursing at UBC and the Vancouver General Hospital and obtained her RN in 1964. In 1966 she embarked on a trip around the world on an ocean liner and met Don Mark. They were married in 1968 and had four children, twin daughters and two sons. Helen was an avid skier and outdoor enthusiast all her life, from climbing the ski hill in Kimberley on foot in her childhood, through skiing with the UBC ski team, to family ski weeks at Big White, and many snowy weekends spent at Whistler among friends. Helen’s other favourite outdoor pursuit was cycling, which she enjoyed with a great group of Crescent Beach area friends. She cycled with her husband and friends in France, Belgium, Ottawa/Gatineau, the Gulf Islands, the San Juan Islands, the Kootenays, the Okanagan, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island. After adopting her youngest son from Vietnam in 1975, she began to gather and distribute information to assist people in the adoption of children from overseas. Her organization grew from her kitchen table into the Adoptive Families Association of BC incorporated in 1981. Her belief that every child deserved a loving home fueled her thirty year commitment to the AFA, first as a volunteer, and later as an employee. In 2004 the AFA created the “Helen Mark Excellence in Adoption” award, which is given annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to adoption. Helen is survived by her husband Don, her children Barb (Jim), Jan (Jeremy), Dan, Steve (Sunjit), her grandchildren Adam, Ruby, Claire, Anthony, Eloise, Noah, Kaylin and Asher, and her siblings Joe, Bob and Daryl and their families. Helen will be greatly missed by her family and friends. The family is grateful to all the friends and neighbours who supported her in many ways during her illness. Particular thanks go to Charles King, Helen’s doctor and friend of forty years.
Amazing Alumni
Beatrice F. (Johnson) Wood (BASc(N) ’23)
Edith “Toddy” (Tisdall) Hatfield (BASc '29)
Esther Naden Gardom (BASc(N) '24)
Florence Innes (BSc(N) ’26)
Margaret Kerr (BSc(N) ’26)
Marion (Fisher) Faris (BASc(N) ’23)
Mary Elizabeth Henderson (BASc(N) '29)
Muriel Upshall (BASc(N) '29)
Winifred V. Godard (BASc(N) '24)
Alumni of the Class of 1959
Ada Ponsford Butler (BSN '50, MSN '71)
Barbara Boyle (MSN '76)
Carmel Chambers (BSN '82, MA)
Corey Attwell (BSN '14)
Gail Beverly Bishop (BSN '67, MSN '81)
Jacqueline Sue Chapman (BSN '58, MSN, PhD)
Janice McCormick (MSN’77, PhD’97)
Jean Dorgan (BSN '34, MSW)
Lois Margaret Blais (MSN '96)
Lyle Morrison Creelman (BSN '36, MSN, D.SC honoris causa '92)
Beverly "Bev" (Witter) Dugas (BA '45 Nursing Major, MSN, PhD)
Lucille "Lucy" Giovando (BASc(N) '42)
Florence Adeline (Barbaree) Graham (BASc(N) '35)
Bernard T. Hickey (BSN, MSN '02)
Kirsten (Weber) Hyde (Associate Professor Emerita)
Helen (nee Giegerich) Mark (BSN '65)
Helen K. Mussallem (LL.D. honoris causa '94)
Christine Newburn-Cook (MSN '79, PhD '96)
Bernadet (Kiss) Ratsoy (BSN, '68)
Mary Regester (Senior Instructor Emerita)
Jan (Bell) Scott (BSN'58)
Judith Stein (MN, CPMHN (C))
Cynthia "Cindy" Stutzer (Adjunct Professor)
Helen Niskala
Jennifer Kryworuchko
Gabrielle "Audrey" (Pontifex) McArthur (Public Health Diploma 1959)
Ruth "Dodie" Anderson (BSN '69)
Eleanor Jeannette McTaggart (BSN '48)
Carol Mae Acton (BSN '74, MSN '87)
Clarissa Green, Associate Professor Emerita
Judith Mogan, Assistant Professor Emerita
Marilyn D. Willman, Director
Louise Marie Tenn, Senior Instructor Emerita
Janet Gormick (BSc, MSN)
Patricia (Beck) Wadsworth (BASc(N) '55)
Ray Thompson, Assistant Professor Emeritus
Sally Phin Parker Hurst (BSN '59)
Sheila Creeggan Stanton
Sonia Acorn
Sue Rothwell
Alison Reid Wyness (BASc(N) '34)
Eleanor Scott Graham (BSN ’36)
Elizabeth "Dorothy" Priestly (DPhN '37)
Elspeth (Kilpatrick) Bell, BCSc(N)’ 30
Esther Irene Paulson (DPhN '34)
Florence Adeline "Barbaree" Graham (BASc(N) '35)
Frances Ulva McQuarrie (BSN ‘36)
Fyvie (Young) Heal (BASc(N) '31)
Geraldine "Gerry" E. (Homfray) Langton (BASc(N) '31)
Heather Kilpatrick (BASc(N) ’31)
Jean Dorgan (BASc(N) '34)
Louise Lore (Yuen) (BASc(N) '38)
Lyle Creelman (BASc(N)'36)
Pauline “Polly" Capelle (BASc(N) ’39)
Pauline Katharine (McMartin) Ranta (BASc(N) ‘39)
Beverly DuGas (BA '45 Nursing Major)
Dorothy Ladner (BASc(N) '44)
Edith Grace Trethewey (BASc(N) '41)
Elizabeth "Beth" (Kenny) McCann (BASc(N) '40)
Ellen Jean (Wheeler) Keays (PHN ‘46)
Eva "Billie" Williamson (BASc(N) '47)
Florence Mary Ross (BASc(N) ‘43)
Helen Saunders (BASc(N) '40)
Joan Doree (BASc(N) '49)
Kirstine Griffith (BASc(N) '45)
Lucille "Lucy" Giovando (BASc(N) '42)
Margaret Campbell (BASc(N) '48)
Margaret Ferne Trout (BASc(N) '43)
Margaret Willard Duncan Jensen (BSc(N) ’47)
Mary L. Richmond (BASc(N) '45)
Michiyo (Uyede) Naruse (BASc(N) '42)
Monica Frith Green (BASc(N) '40)
Nan Kennedy (Dip PHN '45, BSN '54)
Nana (Yamamoto) Tamaki
Norma Fieldhouse (BASc(N) '47)
Ada Ponsford Butler (BSN ’50, MSN ’71)
Alice Baumgart (BSN '58)
Alixe (Loree) Johnston (BASc '59)
Ann (Day) Bonham (BSN ’59)
Ann Geddes (BSN '59)
Ann "Copie" (Copeman) Hungerford (BSN ’59)
Arlene Aish (BSN '58)
Barbara (Mackenzie) Baker (BSN ’59)
Barbara (Blackwood) Kozier (BSN’55)
Beth Drummond (BSN 1959)
Beth (Walton) Fitzpatrick (BSc(N) ’55)
Carol Smillie (BSN '58)
Chiyeko "Joyce" (Gyoba) O'Neill (BSN '59)
Christina "Chris" (Morrison) Cissell (BSN '59)
Daryl "Dede" (Giegerich) Achtem (BSN '59)
Diana (Bishop) Kennedy (BSN '59)
Dorothy Jean Kergin (BSN '52)
Dorothy Logan (BSc(N) ‘50)
Dorothy (Parfitt) Meyers (BSN '51, MSN '78)
Elizabeth "Betty" (Donald) Wynne (BSN '57)
Ethel McIntyre (Smith) Warbinek (BSN '57, MSN '70)
Fanny Annette "Nan" Kennedy (Dip PHN '45, BSN '54)
Glennis Zilm (BSN ‘58)
Grace J. "Torchy" (Stewart) Adamson (BSN '51)
Helen (Buchanan) Olsen (BSN ’59)
Irene (Westwick) Jones (BSN '59)
Jacqueline Chapman (BSN '58)
Jan (Bell) Scott (BSN’58)
Janet (Carpenter) Fleming (BSN '59)
Joan (Randall) Eales (BSN ’59)
Joan P. (Coursier) Lansdell (BSN ’58)
Joan (McDonald) St. Denis (BSN '59)
Kulmindar (Dhillon) Johal (BSN ‘59)
Lavinia (“Vin”) Mary Crane (BSN '51)
Maralyn "Lyn" (Leask) Nigg (BSN ’59)
Margaret (Woolley) McEown (BSN ’59)
Margaret (McRae) Threlfall (BSN ’59)
Marilynn (Marnie) J. Wood (BSN '59)
Marion Boyle (BSc(N) ’50)
Maureen “Reen” (Sullivan, Denholme) Turner (BSN ’59)
Naomi (Allsebrook) Miller (BSN '51)
Norma A. Wylie (BSN '57)
Olga "Ollie" Darcovich (BSN ‘59)
Patricia Mary Wadsworth (BASc(N)'55)
Penelope "Penny" (Godfrey) Koch (BSN '59)
Reta (Aspol) Herunter (BSN ’59)
Rosemary (Hambrook) Lindores (BSN ’59)
Sally (Richmond) Hurst (BSN '59)
Sheila (MacDonald) Slinn (BSN '59)
Shelagh (Wheeler) Smith (BASc Nursing '50, MSN '82)
Vivian Blake (BSN '52)
Amazing Class of 1961
Amazing Class of 1969
Alison Rice (BSN '67)
Ann Hilton (BSN '68)
Ann-Shirley Goodell (BSN ’60)
Anne (Parnell) Richards, (DPN '68)
Bernadet "Kiss" Ratsoy (BSN '68)
Colleen Stainton (BSN '61)
Dale Walker (Dip PHN '64, BSN '74)
Elinor (Joensen) Knudson (BSN ’68)
Gail Beverly Bishop (BSN ’67, MSN ’81)
Glenora (Glen) Erb (BSN ‘62)
Helen Elizabeth "Betty" Cawston (BSN '60)
Helen (Giegerich) Mark (BSN ’65)
Jo-Mary Bell Hunter (BSN'60)
Joyce May (Fergusson) Campbell (DPhN ’67)
Lillian Gertrude Lum (Public Health Nursing ’66)
Margaret J. Harrison (BSN '64)
Margaret E. (Lewis) Hardy (BSN 1960)
Margaret Anne Wyness (BSN'65)
Pam Ottem (BSN '67, MSN '75)
Patricia "Patty" (Mathers) Ward (BSN ’66)
Pat (McFayden) Mauch (BSN '65)
Rose Murakami (BSN '62)
Stephany Grasset (Dipl Pub Health’68)
Vivian Lucas (BScN '67)
Barbara Ann Joyce (Hunt) Boyle (MSN ’76)
Beverley O’Brien (BSN’72)
Carol Mae Acton (BSN ’74, MSN ‘87)
Carol Jillings (MSN '77)
Cathie Borrie (BSN '78)
Cathy Ebbehoj (BSN '75, MSN '99)
Chinnama Baines (MSN '74)
Christine Newburn-Cook (MSN ’79, PhD ’96)
Donelda Ellis Parker, Dip PHN ’73, MSN ’78
Donna Rodman (Diploma in Nursing '78)
Elizabeth Ann Taylor Fleming (MSN '70)
Elizabeth (Beth) Winnifred Truant (BSN’75)
Morgan Janice Radford (BSN '79, MSN '89)
Jane Graff (née DeGraaff) (BSN '79)
Janice Lyn McCormick (MSN’77, PhD’97)
Joan Anderson (MSN '73)
Joyce Campkin (BSc(N) ’72)
Judi Fairholm (BSN '72, MEd '96)
Lillian May (Yamazaki) Komiyama (BSN ‘76)
Marilyn O. Dahl (BSN '79)
Marion Clauson (BSN '71, MSN '92)
Mary Adlersberg (MSN ’77)
Nora Whyte (BSN '73, MSN '88)
Paula (Lindy) Kagan (BSN ‘79)
Paula Tognazzini (BSN '77, MSN '83)
Pauline Dunn (BSN '71, MSN '84)
Pauline Lee (Dip PHN '70)
Sally Anne Butling MacLean (BSN’75, MSN’81)
Sheena Davidson, MSN ‘78
Sally Thorne (BSN’79, MSN’83)
Susan Baiton Wilkinson, (BSN '78)
Tilly (Burke) Bara (MSN '74)
Dr. Una Viviene Reid (MSN ’75)
Val Cartmel (BSN '75)
Wendy Winslow (BSN '78) (MSN '85)
Balbir Gurm (BSN ’83)
Bernice Budz (MSN '86)
Carmel Chambers (BSN '82)
Carol Bassingthwaighte (BSN '87, MSN '96)
Christine Sorensen (BSN '89)
Dawn Smith (BSN '87)
Dianne Doyle (MSN '81)
Doreen MacLauchlan (BSN '81)
Elaine Jay (BSN '80)
Elizabeth-Anne (Allder) Armstrong (BSN ’87, MSN ’96)
Dr. Gemma Jones (BSN '85)
Heather McDonald (BSN’87, PhD’11)
Judy Reimer (BSN '83)
Kris (Cholyk) Gustavson (BSN '86, MSN '01)
Lynne (Maxwell) Young (BSN’86, MSN’90, PhD’97)
Martha MacKay (BSN '86, MSN '97, PhD '10)
Mary (Molly) Nevin, BSN ’87, MSN ‘93
Morrie Steele (BSN ’80)
Pat Porterfield (MSN ’81)
Radhika Bhagat (BSN '85)
Sheila McBurney (BSN '86)
Star Mahara (BSN '80, MSN '01)
Toni Stovel (BSN '88)
Tracy Truant BSN’88, MSN’98, PhD’18
Denise Gaudet, MSN '92
Della Faulkner (BSN ’96)
Dilmi Aluwihare-Samaranayake (MSN '98)
Doreen L. Hatton (BSN’87, MSN ‘93)
Elaine Unsworth (BSN '94, MSN '99)
Eleanor Ravenscroft (MSN ‘99, PhD ‘08)
Elsie Tan (MSN '95)
Genelle Leifso (BSN '98, MSN '05)
Gwendolyn (Gwen) Rempel (BSN’83, MSN ‘93)
Janie Brown, MSN '92
Kelli Stajduhar (MSN ’95, PhD ‘01)
Linda Buchanan (BSN ‘92)
Lois Blais (MSN '96)
Marlee Groening (BSN '92, MSN '00)
Patricia Woods (BSN '99)
Dr Rosalie Starzomski (PhD '97)
Verna (Huffman) Splane (LL.D honoris causa '96)
Aaron Bates (BSN '08)
Alison Eller (BSN '04)
Amanda "Mandy" Hengeveld (BSN '06)
Bernard "Barney" T. Hickey (MSN ’02)
Christine Fantuz (BSN '07)
Fuchsia Howard (MSN '04, PhD '10)
Gillian McKay (BSN '09)
Jacalyn Brown (BSN '01)
Jean Barry (MSN '02)
Lori Block (BSN '04, MSN '17)
Lucy Barney (MSN '05)
Lynda Balneaves (PhD '02)
Sara Shuster (MSN ’02)
Sheila Marchant-Short (MSN'04)
Sue Carpenter (MSN '05)
Sukhdev Grewal (BSN 1999, MSN 2003)
Adriana Bucz (BSN ‘16)
Allie Slemon, BSN’13, MSN’17, PhD’22
Amanda Goulding (BSN '19)
Annes Song (BSN ‘13)
Beza Feleke (BSN ‘16)
Emily Kupp (BSN ’14)
Fin Gareau (MSN ‘17)
Helen Vandenberg (PhD ’15)
Jennifer Krzyczkowski (MSN ‘15)
Jodi Meacher (BSN ‘13)
Julie Cinel (MSN ‘13)
Katie (Baines) Goldie, PhD’2014
Kate Proznik, BSN '18
Kimberly Singian (MSN ‘15)
Kirk Settle (BSN ‘15)
Leah Lambert (PhD'19)
Laurel Plewes (MSN ‘17)
Marcus Shell (BSN’10)
Marissa Bird (BSN ’14)
Maryam Koochek (BSN ‘17)
Naureen Mukhi (BSN ’16)
Pauline Voon (BSN '10)
Priscilla Taipale (MSN '10)
Ranjit Dhari (MSN '13)
Stephanie Wong (BSN ‘15)
Shivinder Dhillion (BSN ’16)
Stephanie Ngo (BSN '13)
Sara Eftekhar (BSN '13)
Shelby Barr (BSN ‘15)
Sunny Jiao (MSN ‘17)
Tim Vigneux (BSN ‘14)
Yuko Homma (PhD ‘12)
Zach Daly (BSN ‘17)