Helen Stapley
Born: March 8, 1898
Died: April 13, 1960
Married: Charles O. Stapley
Children: Edward Stapley, Jean L. Wolofin, Marjorie Fruei
Helen Bewley Mirrielees Stapley was born in New York City, the daughter of Edward and Jean Mirrielees. She first came to Saranac Lake in 1935 to cure for tuberculosis and returned many times over about 25 years. She was a patient of Dr. Francis Berger Trudeau.
In 1935, she stayed at 86 Riverside Drive. In July 1939, she stayed at 47 Franklin Avenue, and her home address changed from New York City to Caldwell, New Jersey. (TB Society). At the time of her death in 1960, she was residing at the Santanoni Apartments.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 13, 1960
Mrs. C. Stapley Funeral Plans
Mrs. Charles O. Stapley, of Mountain Lakes, N.J., died this morning at the Saranac Lake General Hospital. She was taken ill at the Santanoni Apartments, where she had been staying and was taken by ambulance to the hospital yesterday. The body is now reposing at the Fortune Funeral Home.
Born in Brooklyn on March 8, 1898, Mrs. Stapley was formerly Helen Mirrielees, daughter of Edward J. and Jean Mirrielees. She has been coming to Saranac Lake for 25 years for her health.
Funeral services will be held at the Funeral Home in Boonton, N.J. at 2 p.m. Saturday and burial will be in the family plot at Greenwood Cemetery in Boonton.
She is survived by her husband, Charles, of Mountain Lakes; a son, Edward, of Spottswood, N.J.; two daughters, Mrs. Jean L. Wolofin of Rockaway, N.J.; Mrs. Marjorie Fruei of Lincoln Park, N.J., and seven grandchildren.
Letter to Helen Garretson Trudeau, regarding Francis Berger Trudeau's death; courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake Collections.
July 22, 1956
Dear Mrs. Trudeau:
I wish to extend my sympathy to you and your family in this time of sorrow. I have been a patient, off and on of the Doctor’s for twenty one years and feel that I have lost a very dear friend, and I am sure there are many others who feel the same way.
I remain,
Sincerely,
Mrs. Helen M. Stapley
Santanoni Apts
Church St.