MARTIN (BURNS), HELEN - (1915 - 2005) Died peacefully on January 1, 2005 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Widow of Raymond Martin, Helen is survived by four of her five children, Laurie and Dick of Bridgewater, N.S., Frances (husband Michael) of Yarmouth, N.S., and Rachel (husband Donald) of Halifax, N.S. She was predeceased by her daughter Paula (husband Gordon) of Edmonton, AB. She was "Grammy" to her eight grandchildren (Heather, Holly, Sarah, Georgie, Sydney, Alexandra, Oliver, and John Paul), and "G.G" to her three great- grandchildren (Suni, Henry, and Keegan). She is also survived by her sister, Eileen McDonald of Washington, D.C., her brother Gerard (wife Gladys) of Maugerville, N.B., and four nieces, Mary Burns, Cynthia Anthony, Suzanne Murphy, and Micheline Fortier. Helen was born to Walter Lawrence Burns and May Haughton on March 18, 1915 on the family farm in Maugerville where her brother Gerry and his wife Gladys remain to this day. She had many happy memories of a tight knit family being raised by a widowed father, and she and her siblings remained close throughout their lives. She left Maugerville for high school in Campbellton, and it was there that she formed the roots that would tie her to this community for most of her life. After attending Normal School in Fredericton and short stints instructing in Maugerville, N.B. and Glencoe, N.B., she returned to Campbellton to teach. There she met Raymond Martin, and the rest, they say, is history. Helen continued to teach after her five children had gone to school. They remained in Campbellton until 1991. Throughout these years, Helen was active outside the home serving at various times as District Commissioner for the Girl Guides of Canada, and as President of the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Women's League. She made an impact on many lives through this work and was very active in her local church and community. She will be remembered as a loving mother and wife, a gifted teacher, an involved and well-known figure in her neighbourhood, and a warm and caring grandmother. She will be greatly missed by all those who love her. The funeral mass will be held at St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax, on Friday January 7th, at 2 PM. Interment will take place next summer in Campbellton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation or other charity of choice. Helen's family would like to extend their thanks to the staff of The Berkeley Halifax, which has been her home for the past thirteen years, Ansom Caregivers, RJF Healthcare, and to the doctors and nurses of the Palliative Care Program of QEII Hospital.