Helga Marie Peroutka (nee Wälzer)


Helga and Frank Peroutka met after the Second World War in Czechoslovakia and married there in 1948. They fled Czechoslovakia in 1949, arrived in Halifax in 1951 and became Canadian citizens in 1956. Helga and Frank had a wonderful life in Toronto where their home overlooked the Scarborough Bluffs and, importantly, was in walking distance to the public tennis courts. She and Frank played tennis into their eighties and travelled extensively. When Frank passed on May 01, 2009, Helga said that “he took all the fun in life with him.” In February 2010, when Helga was 89, her friend, Heinz Haischt, brought her Toby, a poodle puppy to care for. Helga and her Toby became inseparable and he helped to pull Helga through her last years, her last months and her last days. She bore her burdens and her years with grace and dignity without complaint. She was kind, considerate and generous to those she liked, respected or loved. Her childhood was magical, the war years horrid, the post-war recovery arduous, and her 61 years with Frank, bliss. On Helga’s behalf we would like to thank all the support staff at Amica Bayview Gardens who went out of their way to make the last years of Helga’s life a dignified journey.

A Celebration of Life and Interment will be held at Mount Pleasant Funeral Centre, 375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto (east gate entrance, north of St. Clair Ave., 416-485-5572) on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 2:30 PM.

In lieu of flowers, please consider making a charitable donation in memory of Helga to the SPCA, The Toronto Humane Society or the animal support agency of your choice.