01/19/2026
www.rdfamilymemorialchapel.com/obituary/HelenMarieJean-Peterson
Helen Marie Jean Peterson passed away peacefully on January 16, 2026 at the age of 92 years in the Weyburn General Hospital with her family by her side.
She was predeceased by her father, Dryden Sinclair; mother, Eva Sinclair; husband, Roger Willis Peterson; as well as several brothers and sisters-in-law.
Helen is survived by her children: Wadell (Norma) Peterson, LaVonne (Kerry) Roberts, Clayton (Nadine) Peterson, Lowell (Darla) Peterson, Brad (Crystal) Peterson and Michelle (Scott) Wade. Helen is also survived by 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; her sisters: Beatrice Klassen, Debbie (Kelly) Barker, Doris (Ron) May, Starlet Sinclair; sister-in-law, Marilyn Peterson; as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family.
Mom was born on March 5,1933 in Wishart Saskatchewan to Eva and Dryden Sinclair. She grew up in the communities of Wishart SK, Carman and Winnipeg Manitoba, and St. Catherines Ontario. She came to Radville SK to attend one year of high school at Radville Christian College. There she would meet Roger Peterson who would eventually be her husband. Mom completed her high school in St Catherine’s Ontario and was determined to become a nurse. She graduated as a Registered Nurse in St Catherine’s and started a lifelong career serving and caring for patients in hospitals, homes, Care facilities and in the mission field. She worked and served with passion and compassion for over thirty years impacting many people with her nursing care while raising their six children. She married Roger Willis Peterson in 1954 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. They made their first home in Radville where she worked as an R.N. while Roger taught at RCC. They worked for many years at RCC and Western Christian College. Together they also traveled to many rural churches, where mom often taught Sunday school and Dad would preach. Together they served on two mission trips in Nigeria where Dad taught Bible and Mom ministered as a nurse and mentor.
Helen was the mother to six children. Her children are Wadell Peterson (Norma), LaVonne Roberts (Kerry), Clayton Peterson (Nadine), Lowell Peterson (Darla), Brad Peterson (Crystal), and Michelle Wade (Scott). She is an amazing grandmother to Nakita, Shanika, Mark, Peter, Blair, Keri-Lyn, Joylyn, Colby, Cory, Milessa, Brooke, Starlet, Karina, Joel, Wren, Brennan, Braden, Camden, Braelee, and Carlee. She is great grandma to 27 great grandchildren.
Mom loved to bake. Her cinnamon buns were famous to her family and everyone who experienced her hospitality and open home. This included many students from Western Christian college. At WCC she served as a dorm mother for the boy’s and girls’ dorms.
Mom was a great seamstress making clothes for her children, herself and others. She was a passionate gardener, growing vegetables for her family and sharing with so many the fruits of her labour. She loved planting and growing flowers. She was a very good typist helping Dad receive his master’s degrees in Bible and Psychology by typing and editing many papers. She also helped type his work during their ministry for WCC and in their work in Nigeria. She would often say “I typed and typed and typed over the years Dad went to school and taught”.
Mom had a beautiful voice and loved to sing performing with a trio and recording one album. She` played the piano very well. She passed the love of music to her family. She loved her nursing career and approached it with enthusiasm and dedication. She was a skilled knitter and crocheter making hundreds of blankets, Afghans, sweaters and baby sweater sets for children, grandchildren loved ones and those in need.
Mom loved God and her family most of all. She dedicated her life to serving God, her family and others. She loved and supported her husband Roger and her children with everything she had in everything they did.
In her later years after Dad passed, she dedicated her time to her senior friends with a focus on supporting them with rides, meals, friendship and love often till their passing.
She was gifted, strong, kind, loving, serving, and sweet. She loved her Lord most of all and lived for him.
A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. from the Church of Christ, 1115 ~ 1st Avenue N.E., Weyburn, SK with Wendell Bailey officiating. Luncheon will follow at the Weyburn Canadian Legion, Branch #47 ~ 150 ~ 3rd Street, Weyburn, SK. Interment will be held after the luncheon at Laurier Cemetery, Radville, SK.
For family and friends so wishing, charitable donations in memory of Helen may be made to Great Lakes Bible College, Roger Peterson Biblical Geography Scholarship or Clearview Christian Camp, Kenosee Lake, SK.
For those wishing to join virtually, please follow the livestream at 10:15 a.m. (Youtube).
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