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JEFFREY, Helen Elsie

JEFFREY, Helen Elsie

Female 1918 - 2009  (91 years)

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  • Name JEFFREY, Helen Elsie 
    Born 13 Jan 1918  Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID C4FE22929183B747980DCA3FE0560585F69D 
    Died 26 Aug 2009  Colorado Springs, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Shrine Of Remembrance Chapel Mausoleum, Colorado Springs Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I84  William & Mary Jeffrey
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2019 

    Father JEFFREY, Fraser,   b. 23 Jan 1884, Cobourg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1960, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother STAFFORD, Elsie,   b. 14 Feb 1892, Milwaukee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1980, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    _UID E30419C48DCA31478F6C73575AAC73DEAF72 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family THATCHER, Douglas Edmond,   d. 1967, Colorado Springs, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 5 Jan 1946  Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _UID B4FF181A47F5B34CBE7E3DDF1AFB9C7EA792 
    Children 
     1. THATCHER, Jeffrey Douglas,   b. 1947, Mequon, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 2018, Berkely Springs, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. THATCHER, James,   b. 1955?,   d. 1994?
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Information provided by Eileen Hutchison to John Cowan Oct 20, 1997

      Obit extracts - (Library/Fraser Jeffrey/Item 3)
      Helen Jeffrey Thatcher passed away at the Pike's Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She graduated from Antioch College in Ohio just as World War II was breaking out. After college, Helen worked for Globe Union in Wauwatosa, where she met her future husband, Douglas Edmond Thatcher. In the winter of 1944, Helen joined the Red Cross and was sent directly to England where she worked for 6 months in the Aero Club at an 8th Air Force fighter base. Here, she ran a club for the enlisted men with the only other woman on base. After the invasion, Helen was transferred to hospital work and became head of the Red Cross at the 33rd Station Hospital. With this group, she later went to Wales, and then to France. While attached to the hospital unit she provided recreational and social work services to American servicemen. After 18 months, Helen returned home as the war ended and reunited with Doug Thatcher who had served in the Pacific Theater while she was in Europe. Helen and Doug moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1956, where they raised their two sons. Doug died in 1967 and Helen later moved to California, where she served as the administrator of a retirement home in San Clemente for many years. After retirement, Helen lived in Colorado Springs and California, spending the past 8 years in Fair Oaks, California. She returned to Colorado Springs a few months ago to "see the mountains one more time." Throughout her life, Helen was an animal lover, a dedicated Red Cross volunteer, a copious reader, and a lover of the outdoors. She will be remembered by friends and family for her quick wit and love of both a good joke and every animal that ever crossed her path. Helen has six grandchildren: Justin, Christopher, Jamie, Ian, April, and Derek; and four great-grandchildren: Juliette, Christian, Thadeus, and WeiLun. Helen will rest next to her husband Doug at the Shrine of Remembrance Chapel Mausoleum in Colorado Springs.

  • Sources 
    1. [S97] Helen Jeffrey Thatcher, (The Gazette at https://obits.gazette.com/obituaries/gazette/obituary.aspx?n=helen-jeffrey-thatcher&pid=132181988&fhid=6109), Library/Fraser Jeffrey/Item 3. (Reliability: 2), 7 Feb 2019.