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| Sterling and Brenda M-P had one son and two daughters. Each of Brenda and Sterling's children had two children. \\ | Sterling and Brenda M-P had one son and two daughters. Each of Brenda and Sterling's children had two children. \\ |
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| Their elder daughter was Helen Wiessner, 1946-1919. She was born severely prematurely, reputedly weighing 3lbs at birth. At this time, neonatal intensive care was just beginning to be a specialist focus and had high rates of mortality and morbidity. Helen survived to go home at around three months old and, until her final illness, was generally highly energetic and healthy.\\ | Their elder daughter was Helen Ann (final married name, Wiessner), 15 June 1946 - 1 May 2019. She was born severely prematurely, reputedly weighing 3lbs at birth. At this time, neonatal intensive care was just beginning to be a specialist focus and had high rates of mortality and morbidity. Helen survived to go home at around three months old and, until her final illness, was generally highly energetic and healthy.\\ |
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| Photo of young Helen on beach with her parents, c.1948-49. {{:b_s_h_beach.jpg?300|}} | Photo of young Helen on beach with her parents, c.1948-49. {{:b_s_h_beach.jpg?300|}} |
| {{:helen_and_meg_1963.jpg?400|}} Helen (right) with her best friend Helen (Meg) Flanagan at their high school farewell, 25 October 1963.\\ | {{:helen_and_meg_1963.jpg?400|}} Helen (right) with her best friend Helen (Meg) Flanagan at their high school farewell, 25 October 1963.\\ |
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| After obtaining her leaving certificate, she and Meg went nursing at Prince Henry Hospital. It was 1964, a time of severe nursing shortage not helped by nursing management trying to maintain old-fashioned discipline. While Meg stayed, Helen left after her first year or less. She then moved in with her widowed grandmother Stella M-P and her uncle David M-P who lived at Hunters' Hill. The austere grandmother and the fun-loving young woman hit it off, and the arrangement lasted until her grandmother's death. Helen was employed in the office of the Bank of NSW, work she found much more congenial than nursing. She married Don Smith and retired from employment when she became pregnant. She and Don moved to the Hills district of Sydney, an area she loved and stayed in for the rest of her life, and had two sons. After divorces, she returned to work in the bank and married Geoff Duffy then Steve Wiessner. \\ | After obtaining her leaving certificate, she and Meg went nursing at Prince Henry Hospital. It was 1964, a time of severe nursing shortage not helped by nursing management trying to maintain old-fashioned discipline. While Meg stayed, Helen left after her first year or less. She then moved in with her widowed grandmother Stella M-P and her uncle David M-P who lived at Hunters' Hill. The austere grandmother and the fun-loving young woman hit it off, and the arrangement lasted until her grandmother's death in September 1868. Helen was employed in the office of the Bank of NSW, work she found much more congenial than nursing. She married Don Smith and retired from employment when she became pregnant. She and Don moved to the Hills district of Sydney, an area she loved and stayed in for the rest of her life, and had two sons. After divorces, she returned to work in the bank and married Geoff Duffy then Steve Wiessner. \\ |
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| At Helen’s funeral, the eulogies were by her husband, brother and two sons. They were remarkably consistent: she was mourned for her determined personality; her high level of fitness up until her final illness; her remarkable eye-hand coordination; her fiercely competitive nature whether it be playing the board games she loved or tennis and, in later life, lawn bowls; for considering people as either completely ‘in’ or ‘out’; her thrifty nature; her dislike of junk food/drinks; her love of animals particularly her cats; and joy in cooking and handicrafts. \\ | At Helen’s funeral, the eulogies were by her husband, brother and two sons. They were remarkably consistent: she was mourned for her determined personality; her high level of fitness up until her final illness; her remarkable eye-hand coordination; her fiercely competitive nature whether it be playing the board games she loved or tennis and, in later life, lawn bowls; for considering people as either completely ‘in’ or ‘out’; her thrifty nature; her dislike of junk food/drinks; her love of animals particularly her cats; and joy in cooking and handicrafts. \\ |