After a brave struggle with cancer and liver disease, Helen Minshull (nee Rogers) passed away at The North Shore Hospice on April 6, 2012.  Born and raised in Toronto, she lived in Vancouver since 1968 working on the North Shore first as a physiotherapist and then as an occupational therapist. Predeceased by her mother Catherine, father John, three older brothers John, Thomas and Edward, and her younger sister Marion Borosa, she is survived by her loving husband, Peter, children John, Catherine, and Thomas, and her older sister, Mary Catherine Scanlon.  Aunt to 15 nieces and nephews and great aunt to their 19 children, Helen was supported by a large family many of whom came to be with her while she was ill.  She will be missed by her family and her many friends. Prayers will be said at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 at Christ the Redeemer Church, 599 Keith Road in West Vancouver.  On Friday, April 13 at 11 a.m. a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the same location. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Liver Foundation or the North Shore Hospice Society.