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Helen Sweeney

Birth
Ashley, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Feb 1983 (aged 81)
Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
390/1
Memorial ID
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Parents: William Sweeney and Anna Coyle
Siblings: Julia R. (Sister M. Nazarius, IHM), Mary F., William Jr., Helen and Thomas B.
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Helen Sweeney
   Miss Helen N. Sweeney, formerly of 25 Orchard St., Trucksville, died Tuesday at the home of her brother, Thomas B. Sweeney, in Leesburg, Va. She was born in Ashley, daughter of the late William H. and Anne Coyle Sweeney.
   She was a graduate of Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Scranton, and was employed as a secretary for the Jersey Central Railroad for many years.
   She was a former member of St. Theresa's Church, Shavertown.
   She was preceded in death by her sisters, Mrs. Mary MacNelis, and Sister Jule Nazarius (sic), and brother, William.
   She is survived in addition to her brother, by a nephew, William J. MacNelis, of Arlington, Va.
   Funeral will be Thursday at 9 a.m. from the McLaughlin Funeral Home, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 at St. Mary's Church, Wilkes-Barre.
   Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
   Friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations, if desired. may be made to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.
(Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 23 Feb 1983)
Parents: William Sweeney and Anna Coyle
Siblings: Julia R. (Sister M. Nazarius, IHM), Mary F., William Jr., Helen and Thomas B.
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Helen Sweeney
   Miss Helen N. Sweeney, formerly of 25 Orchard St., Trucksville, died Tuesday at the home of her brother, Thomas B. Sweeney, in Leesburg, Va. She was born in Ashley, daughter of the late William H. and Anne Coyle Sweeney.
   She was a graduate of Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Scranton, and was employed as a secretary for the Jersey Central Railroad for many years.
   She was a former member of St. Theresa's Church, Shavertown.
   She was preceded in death by her sisters, Mrs. Mary MacNelis, and Sister Jule Nazarius (sic), and brother, William.
   She is survived in addition to her brother, by a nephew, William J. MacNelis, of Arlington, Va.
   Funeral will be Thursday at 9 a.m. from the McLaughlin Funeral Home, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 at St. Mary's Church, Wilkes-Barre.
   Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
   Friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations, if desired. may be made to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.
(Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 23 Feb 1983)


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  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107214039/helen-sweeney: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Sweeney (21 Dec 1901–22 Feb 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107214039, citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Steve225 (contributor 47927528).