Soili Helppi
Soili Inari Hildur Helppi passed away on November 21st, 2022 at Toronto General Hospital ICU. Soili was born in Helsinki, Finland to Sulo and Hildur Helppi. She excelled in school and left for London, England aged 19 to pursue nursing. She quickly learned English, her 4th language. Soon after she met Michael De Souza. The two married and had 3 children. In 1980, the family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada where she continued to work as a registered nurse. Later she attended the University of Toronto, earned a Masters in Gerontology, and then worked as an administrator in Long read more …