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He len Desj a rdins
Heibeih ?If . De sj ., rdins , 88, died on Sept e mb e • 23,l~ ~he Brooks-Hol-rel l Retirement
Home in Asheville, N. C. She \vas bo r n in HJlrbor Be -..c h , !.Tichi gan , on March 4 , 1894 ,
t h e dau ~hte of s . Eli zabe t h a n d Paul De s jardins , a mi nister in the Detroit Con ference. She attended A l bi o ~ C o l le ~e, gra dua ting i n ~ he 0 lass of 1914 . She l at er
re ceived :khe ilistringui she d Alumni A,.la.rd f r o m Albio n Co lle g e.
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In 1918 , He l en Has s ent by the Bo r d o f f·~ issi ons o fthe I·1e thndist Church to the
province of S 7echuan in vre ste rn China , whe re she s erved as a te ch er in s c h ools
a t Su inin.n- a n d Tzechua n. In May 1952 s h e \'l~S n a med p rinci nal o f t he La dy Teacher
Girl s Sc h ool in Tai pin,:; , Mal ays ia. In he r l a s t six y ears of a ntive mi ssionar y vwrk,
s he was a lecturer in Chri s tia n educa tion a t Trinity Theolog ica l Colle .o-e. She
r et i r ed in 1963 a f te r fo r t y - five ye ~ rs of a ctive m i s si ~ nary s e rvice .
Aft e r r e t ire me nt, He l en beca me a
( Michi ga n ) Methodist Church . In
ment Ho me . She i s survived by a
a n d tt·ro ne p heNS, Paul Desja r d ins
o f Chapel Hi ll, North Ca r o lina .
Ho me o n Octobe r 9.
consult a nt on Chri s t i a n educati o n f ort !· e Pl ymou th
Mar c h 1972 , she enTe r --d the Brook s - HovTe ll Ret ire nie ce, Mr s . Lora Riehl o f S,n Jo 0e , Ca li f orn i a ,
of Lo ng Be ach, Cal i f orni a , and l~obert Desj a r dins
A memor ia l s ervice \·ras hel d at the Brooki" - Howell
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LUCILE DESJARDINS,
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daugfi'fer~f Rev . Paul
and S. Elizabeth Desjardins (th e form er a
aeceased member of Detroit Conference).
died in her sleep, March 8, at Copeland Oaks
Retirement Home, Sebring, Ohio, after a lon g
illness . A graduate of Albion College in 1914
and later from the White Bible School , sh e
received her master's degree in Religious
Education from Northwestern University . Of
her many contributions to the Methodist
Church , and to other churches as well, these
were outstandin g: two periods of teaching in
black schoo ls, Spelman Seminary and Morehouse and Clark Coll eges; a number of years
as f ieldworker for the Board of Christian
Education of th e Presbyterian Church ; editorsh ip ot inte rmediate curriculum materials for
t he former Methodist Church; and teaching in
t he Departm ent of Religion at Mount Union
College in A ll ia nce, Ohio . She spent one year
in Ma lays ia and Singapore helping local
people in th e development of church school
tex ts for intermediates . Along with these
employments she was continually engaged in
writ ing books in her chosen field , and also in
leading teacher-training groups at every level.
Du ri ng her later years she was active in the
ecumenical field , leading parlor dialogue
groups and preparing services for special
ec umenical gatherings . She was a member of
the United Methodist Church in Sebring.
Surv ivors include a sister, Helen Desjardins of
As hevill e, N .C. , a brother, Russell, and family
of Santa Clara, Cal. ; and a sister-in-law, Nina
Desjardin s, of Washington , D .C.
Desjardins, Paul