1911
Helen
2011
Helen Holowchak
September 13, 1911 — February 18, 2011
Helen Holowchak, 99, a resident of Wesley Village died Friday morning.
Born September 13, 1911 in Taylor she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Antoinette Korakuska Holowchak.
Helen attended Scranton city schools.
Her career in retail sales started with Isaac Long's Department Store on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre where she was a buyer for eight years. Helen left to join J.S. Raub shoe stores as a manager in the Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke and Hanover Township stores. She retired after fifty-one years with the company.
Helen was a member of the former Downtown Nanticoke Business Association.
Sisters, Alice Cook and Martha Harworth preceded her in death.
Helen will be missed by her niece, Gail Wells of Dallas; nephews, Don and his wife Nancy Harworth of Kingston, and Gary Cook of Michigan; great-nieces, Dawn Mannix and her husband George and daughter Meghan of Providence, Rhode Island, Paula Sears and her husband Scott of Salisbury, Maryland, Karen Wells Day of New Castle, Delaware and Susan Wells of Anchorage, Alaska.
Helen’s entire family is thankful for the loving care and kind treatment she received from the staff of Wesley Village.
Father Stephen Stavoy will Celebrate Helen’s Life in a Funeral Mass on Tuesday at 10 AM in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Hanover Township.
Memorial donations are preferred and may be made to SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-6911
Arrangements are by McLaughlin’s Family Funeral Service.
To see Helen’s Life Story, get directions, leave a message, share memories, photos and more go to www.celebrateherlife.com
Born September 13, 1911 in Taylor she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Antoinette Korakuska Holowchak.
Helen attended Scranton city schools.
Her career in retail sales started with Isaac Long's Department Store on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre where she was a buyer for eight years. Helen left to join J.S. Raub shoe stores as a manager in the Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke and Hanover Township stores. She retired after fifty-one years with the company.
Helen was a member of the former Downtown Nanticoke Business Association.
Sisters, Alice Cook and Martha Harworth preceded her in death.
Helen will be missed by her niece, Gail Wells of Dallas; nephews, Don and his wife Nancy Harworth of Kingston, and Gary Cook of Michigan; great-nieces, Dawn Mannix and her husband George and daughter Meghan of Providence, Rhode Island, Paula Sears and her husband Scott of Salisbury, Maryland, Karen Wells Day of New Castle, Delaware and Susan Wells of Anchorage, Alaska.
Helen’s entire family is thankful for the loving care and kind treatment she received from the staff of Wesley Village.
Father Stephen Stavoy will Celebrate Helen’s Life in a Funeral Mass on Tuesday at 10 AM in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Hanover Township.
Memorial donations are preferred and may be made to SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-6911
Arrangements are by McLaughlin’s Family Funeral Service.
To see Helen’s Life Story, get directions, leave a message, share memories, photos and more go to www.celebrateherlife.com
To order memorial trees in memory of Helen Holowchak, please visit our tree store.
Service Schedule
Past Services
Funeral Mass
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Starts at 10:00 am (Eastern time)
Church of Saint Nicholas
Photo Gallery
Guestbook
Visits: 4
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors