Helen Bennie
HELEN MARGARET BENNIE
(née CUNNINGHAM)
October 6, 1939 – December 18, 2024
BENNIE, Helen Margaret née Cunningham slept her way to heaven peacefully at home with her family on December 18, 2024 in her 85th year.
She was the daughter to the late Douglas Cunningham & Margaret (MacKay) (Cunningham) DuFrense from Tatamagouche, NS. She later moved to Hamilton, ON where she met the love of her life James Bennie, and resided for over 60 years, enjoying dancing and bridge.
Dear mother to Deborah (John) Winnipeg; & Sandra (Mark) N. Battleford. Proud grandmother to nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Also surviving are brothers, John (Gloria), Halifax; Andrew (Heather), Gulf Shore; sister, Hazel McKay, Tatamagouche; half-brother, Douglas Cunningham, Tatamagouche; step-sister, Dorothy “Dot” Bell, Truro; sister-in-law, Eden (Cunningham) Langille, Tatamagouche; & several nieces & nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband; brothers, Donald & Robert; & Step-mother, Dorothy (Trenholm).
Cremation has taken place. A celebration of Helen will take place this summer in Tatamagouche.
Helen’s family kindly requests that all of her friends and relatives take a few minutes to honour her memory by sharing photos, memories, and stories, using the comment section on this page.
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Dave Clark
January 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Helen and I were classmates from the beginning in elementary school through to high school in Tatamagouche. Sorry to learn of her passing.
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Barbara (Heughens )Wright
December 30, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Went to school with Helen. Thoughts and prayers to her family ❤️🙏
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Ron Campbell
December 30, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I was a classmate of our Mother and remember as a friend
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Carole Creighton
December 30, 2024 at 12:58 PM
I remember your Mom has a sweet girl and always smiling and had so much personality.
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Cheryl Bell
December 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Helen and my mother, Dot Bell, became stepsisters when they were both 14. They went to school together and played the same sports. I always loved when they got together on summer holidays. There were always stories and lots of laughing.
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JOHN CUNNINGHAM
December 27, 2024 at 6:55 AM
wh en h elen was young child , she alwasy love d to climb trees, She was a great cook, i always enjoyed my visits to hamilton and her visits to tatamagouche, S he was lots of fun
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