Helen passed away on November 20, 2011. She grew up in La Jolla, CA. She graduated from La Jolla High and Thunderbird School in Arizona. General Foods International hired her husband to represent them in an executive capacity in Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Tennis was her passion. She won over 100 tournaments, was National Champion of Venezuela from 1957 – 1960, and was nationally ranked for years. She was also an avid bridge player. Helen was preceded in death by her husbands, Ted Ballam and Walter Roach. She is survived by two daughters, Susan Nicholson and Luisa Vidlik; two grandsons, Eric Jacobsen and Sean Nicholson; five great-grandchildren; and her nephew, Gary Rose. Her grandfather was Senator John James McDonald of Illinois and her great-grandfather was Governor Baldwin of Michigan ( Henry Porter Baldwin ) We shall miss her.
La Jolla Light Published on Dec 21, 2011
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m1. Edward William "Ted" Ballam, son of William Alfred Ballam and Elizabeth Grace Bishop
m2. Walter Roach
La Jolla Light Published on Dec 21, 2011
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m1. Edward William "Ted" Ballam, son of William Alfred Ballam and Elizabeth Grace Bishop
m2. Walter Roach
Helen passed away on November 20, 2011. She grew up in La Jolla, CA. She graduated from La Jolla High and Thunderbird School in Arizona. General Foods International hired her husband to represent them in an executive capacity in Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Tennis was her passion. She won over 100 tournaments, was National Champion of Venezuela from 1957 – 1960, and was nationally ranked for years. She was also an avid bridge player. Helen was preceded in death by her husbands, Ted Ballam and Walter Roach. She is survived by two daughters, Susan Nicholson and Luisa Vidlik; two grandsons, Eric Jacobsen and Sean Nicholson; five great-grandchildren; and her nephew, Gary Rose. Her grandfather was Senator John James McDonald of Illinois and her great-grandfather was Governor Baldwin of Michigan ( Henry Porter Baldwin ) We shall miss her.
La Jolla Light Published on Dec 21, 2011
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m1. Edward William "Ted" Ballam, son of William Alfred Ballam and Elizabeth Grace Bishop
m2. Walter Roach
La Jolla Light Published on Dec 21, 2011
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m1. Edward William "Ted" Ballam, son of William Alfred Ballam and Elizabeth Grace Bishop
m2. Walter Roach
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