Helen A. Dunn

Helen A. Dunn , 101, of Frackville, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, October 17, 2019 following a brief illness.

She was born October 6, 1918 in the Upper Askam section of Hanover Township, Wilkes-Barre area, to Frank and Sophie Blaszczak Tanski.

Having skipped 3rd grade, she was graduated a year early from Hanover Memorial High School on June 7, 1935 at the age of 16.

Helen was married July 20, 1942 in St. Mary's Church, Alexandria, VA to Frank T. Dunn who passed away on November 13, 1997.

Before moving to Frackville, she was employed for 13 years as receptionist in the Pa. State Auditor General's Office in Harrisburg.

She was a current member of St. Joseph's Parish where, as the oldest active member, Helen ceremonially locked the doors of the former St. Joseph's building on Frack Street after the final Mass was celebrated on November 1, 2015.

"Gram" enjoyed a special and close relationship of friendship and love with her grandson, Seth D. Lowe, of Frackville.

She was preceded in death by siblings, Theodore Tanski, Bernice Hahn, Camilla Nevolis, and Frances Prymowicz.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law with whom she resided, Mary Ellen and Thomas Lowe, Frackville; daughter Barbara and husband Leo Noels, Kapellen Belgium; grandson Seth D. Lowe and girlfriend Kimberly Zeigenfuse; grandson Kevin Noels and wife Stephanie Van Gijsel, Kapellen Belgium; 2 great-grandsons, Mauro and Carlos Noels; niece Susan and husband Neil Pritchard, Delta, PA; and nephew Carl Hahn, Allentown, PA.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 20 ^th at 7 p.m. from the Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Frackville with Fr. Brian Miller officiating. Friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Sunday evening from 5 p.m. until the time of service. Interment will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Hanover Township at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial donations be made, in Helen's name, to the Frackville Free Public Library at 56 N. Lehigh Avenue Frackville, PA 17931.