Helen Jay was my friend for almost 40 years. We were opposites in every way, yet we were friends. She enjoyed hearing about our tripping around the country and she enjoyed watching the boys grow up, and the grandchildren too.
She was a farmer's wife and the daughter of a farmer and his wife except her father taught school as well as farm. After high school, she expected to attend college but Alan asked her to be his wife and she said yes. She was a farmer's wife the rest of her life, doing all the millions of tasks that a farmer's wife is expected to do. She was competent in everything she did, from sewing to canning to cooking to milking. She was always on the job.
For the past twenty years she has baked and decorated cakes. Fancy cakes like wedding cakes and anniversary cakes. They were beautiful and she was busy and helped the economy of the farm, along with all her other chores.
But on Sunday she suddenly died of a heart attack. Her funeral will be tomorrow. The whole community will be lost without her as will the family. She had big shoes to fill. She had all the answers I needed answered all these forty years. Such a shame. She was a wonderful lady and I will miss her.
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