Philip Roderick Helms

Born in Halifax, in 1922, in The Shaughnessy Private Hospital on Gottingen Street, he was the son of John Chisholm Helms and Nora Kathleen (Smith).

Philip was a veteran of WWII. He joined The Canadian Ordnance in 1942 and served with them in the UK, Normandy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. Returning to Canada in 1946, he went back to work with the shipping agency he had been employed with prior to the war. After stints in a number of east coast ports and Churchill, Manitoba, he began a 31-year career with Trans Canada Airlines, which included postings in Moncton, Toronto and eventually Halifax, where he retired as Customer Sales Supervisor at Halifax International Airport.

Philip will be very much missed by his daughter, Jean (Albert Mills), his son, Stephen (Monica)) and his grandson, Christopher. He was predeceased by his wife, Sue Anne (Black), his sisters, Sarah Jean and Pauline.

Visitation will be in JA Snow Funeral Home, 339 Lacewood Dr. Hfx. NS (455-0531) on Sunday April 23, from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8pm. Funeral Mass will be held in Saint Peter's Church, Dartmouth on Monday April 24 at 10am.

No flowers by request, but if you wish, donations may be made to CNIB, Hope Cottage or a charity of your choice.

Special thanks to Margaretta and Ross Brown, who never missed a day of calling or visiting Dad; Apryl and Danny Russell, who have taken special care of dad since Mom died; Mariana Paludi who was Dad’s special bingo buddy and honourary granddaughter; the many family, friends, Air Canada Pionairs and Souriquois neighbours, who regularly visited him.

An especially big thank you to the wonderful, caring and compassionate staff at Camp Hill Veterans Hospital, 5 East. You are all truly amazing and we couldn’t have asked for better care of Dad in the last two years of his life.