Streaming of Funeral Service
After watching the service online, if you can leave a guest message to let the family know you have joined into the service, that would be greatly appreciated.
This service will have a password applied once edited (normally within 3 to 5 days following the service), you will then need to contact the family for the password to access.
Following the service, the footage will be posted and you can watch at a later time if you were unable to watch at the time of the service.
Murph, words will never be enough to express my feelings for you and your family. Helen was a one of a kind not to dissimilar to your pull shot and gritty determination as our opening batsman. My thoughts are with you and the kids and your extended families. Apologies for not being able to make it to the service. Thinking of you mate, Westy
Thankyou to Vince and family for streaming the service and to all that contributed. I so wish I could have been there in person. For a time before I moved away I was blessed to be so warmly welcomed by Helen and the lunchtime social crew at WEHI. I still look back on those times often and remember Helen’s supportive and honest conversations, her humour and effortless style. Helen made such a positive and lasting impact on myself and I’m sure many others. To be a friend of Helen’s was an amazing thing. She is so missed and my heartfelt condolences to all.
Thank you so much Vince,Jack,Gabi and all involved in the beautiful Service as a special tribute to Helen
So very sorry for your loss a real shock to hear this sad news. Thinking of you Vince and family. All the best Jo &Andy xx
A very deeply felt loss for all …
A beautiful and fitting celebration of a remarkable woman. Thank you for sharing her life with us, i wish I’d known her better.
Sincere condolences. Helen was a great mentor, scientist, collaborator and a very kind person. True inspiration to many of her mentees. I feel proud to have had her as my supervisor. She will be sorely missed.
Condolences to vince , jack and Gabbie from the Jacobs .
Helen, my little sister you will be missed by your Indian cousins a lot. Thinking of the good times we had when you visited us with kochayan & aunty in your younger days, then with vince and later with the kids. Mani and me was fortunate enough to have seen you last Nov and spend an evening with you. May your soul RIP
My heartfelt condolences to you Vince, Jack, Gabi and to all those who loved Helen so dearly.
Thank you for generously sharing this wonderful tribute to her remarkable life. She was truly one of a kind!
What a perfect farewell for your beloved. Helen’s life may have ended prematurely but it was teeming with enough , connection, invention and accomplishments to account for 10 regular lifetimes! My thoughts are with you as you grapple with a future bereft of Helen. Love Louise
Thank you for sharing this beautiful service. My deepest condolences to Helen’s family and friends.
Vince, Gabi and Jack and everyone that loved Helen (obviously a very large group :). I did not know you, but I was fortunate enough to work as a colleague of Helen’s over many decades. Her passion, intelligence and quiet integrity always inspired me at work, but what I admired her for the most was how she taught me that the most important thing to aspire to was to be a good person, mum, wife, friend etc and to embrace every precious moment of my life. I am deeply sorry for your loss.
Gerard and I wish to convey our sincere sympathy to you Vince, Jack and Gabby.
Helen was a very loving person which was very evident in all the beautiful pictures with family and friends.
She will be missed but not forgotten.
With love, Sophia.
Unable to attend Vince but have watched the service online. A very moving commemoration of Helen’s life, especially your brave singing. Thinking of you at this difficult, looks like you have some wonderful memories to look back on & 2 wonderful children to keep you positive. My partner is a Type 1 diabetic, so hopefully sometime soon Helen’s research will contribute towards a solution to this disease. Take care love Andrea
Thank you for sharing this beautiful service. My heartfelt condolences to the family, she will be missed.
Thank you for letting us share in this beautiful and heartfelt service to celebrate Helen’s life. A life that she lived so gloriously. A remarkable woman, mother, friend, colleague and scientist who was always genuinely interested and curious in what was happening in her colleague’s lives. Much love to Vince, Jack and Gabby and to Anne J, Tom and everyone at SVI. xo
A beautiful service and celebration of Helens productive and loving life. Well done Vince, Jack, Gaby et al.
A great gathering to celebrate Helen’s life & cherish memories. Thinking of Vince, Jack & Gaby & extended families. Thankyou for streaming the service today xo
A beautiful tribute for an amazing, one-of-a-kind human being.
It was a privilege to have known and interacted Helen at St V’s.
Deepest sympathies to the Thomas family and loved ones.
A beautiful service for a beautiful woman.
So sorry I could not be there today but I have been part of the live stream.
So much to say, and yet no words are enough.
Thinking of you all.
With much love, Anabel
Our thoughts are with you Vince, Jack & Gabi.
Much love. The De Vos Family.
Helen brought such a warm and human feeling to everything she did. She will be sorely missed for her really keen and focussed mind as well as her kindness and endless capacity for mentoring and friendship. Vince, Gabi and and Jack you are in our thoughts. xx
Vince and family, I don’t know how to express the right words to give you comfort during this time, only that I wish i’d gotten to know Helen better.
What an incredible person.
– Love Martin
We deeply mourn the loss of our dear cousin Helen!! Our prayers & condolences to our dear uncle, aunt & all the dear ones of Helen!!! May her soul rest in eternal peace!!!
Dear Vince and family,
Although I didn’t have the privilege of knowing Helen personally, I’ve heard wonderful things about her. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. My thoughts are prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. Wishing you comfort and peace.
From all the staff at the Biorecources Centre, our sincerest condolences to Helens friends and family at this most difficult time. RIP Helen.
Condolences to Vince, Jack and Gabby and to all of Helen’s family. Helen was one hell of a boss and I’ll miss her every day. I’m so sorry I couldn’t be there today but I’m sending you all, love, strength and hugs.
Tara
Helen will be deeply missed. Sending heartfelt sympathy to Vince, Jack, Gabi and family at this very sad time
My thoughts are with the family and friends of Helen. What a lasting impact she has made on all those lucky enough to live and work alongside her. As a member of the SVI family, her and her work have positivity affected my life. I’m very grateful to have known her.
Condolences to Vince, Gabi, Jack, Auntie Ro, Uncle Thomas, Ranjeny, Cathy and your extended family. Brad and I were so fortunate to have caught up with Helen and family in April last year. She will be missed. Love from Jane and Brad and from Auntie Kath and family x
Our thoughts are with Vince, Jack and Gabi at this time.
Helen will be greatly missed. A wonderful person gone way too soon.
Vince
Peter and l send our love at this tragic time. We couldn’t make the funeral in person but will there via the live stream.
Deepest Condolences
Alison and Peter Jones
Sincere condolences to Helen’s family. It’s a tragic loss to her entire family and to science.
My sincere condolences to the family of professor Helen Thomas. A passionate scientist who made inroads into the prevention and cure of type1 diabetes , her legacy lives on , in the work she pioneered and the mentees that she trained. Vale Helen . RIP