September 25, 1925 — March 31, 2021Helen Wagner died peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones, on March 31, 2021. She was 95.Helen was born between September 25 and 28, 1925 on the kitchen table of her Ingleside Terrace home in San Francisco.
While her birth certificate said the 25th, her family always maintained the 28th as her birthday, so we'll never know exactly.Helen was preceded in death by her father, mother, and brother.
Her father's passing, when she was 8, particularly affected her. When she refused to eat, she was sent for the summer to a sheep farm in the Delta so that fresh air might console her.