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Helena Kleinat Obituary
Helena (Kleinaitis) Kleinat, nee Michmel, age 101, of Belleville, Ill., formerly of East St. Louis, Ill., born May 7, 1906, in Antanava, Lithuania, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in Belleville, Ill.
Helena worked for Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. for 21 years, and was a former
member of the Lithuanian Parish of Immaculate Conception of East St. Louis, Ill. Helena always found beauty in life and everyone and everything.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Kleinat; her daughter, Ona Afanasievas who died in 1959; one sister and three brothers in Lithuania.
She is survived by her four granddaughters, Virginia (Lynn J.) Bersche of Waterloo, Ill., Ilona "Sam" (Bob) Hattan of Belleville, Ill., Regina "Reggie" (Allen) Kaisor of Smithton, Ill., and Patricia (Ron) Klopmeyer of Freeburg, Ill.; four great-grandchildren, John A. Burris, Tim V. Mancinas, Deanna L. Richardson, and Christina L. Scott; and five great-great-granddaughters.
Donations are preferred to the Pink Sisters of Mount Grace Convent, P.O. Box 5500 St. Louis, Mo., 63147, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snow, or donor's choice of any agency for the blind.
Visitation: Friends may call from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Kassly Mortuary, Fairview Heights, Ill. A Prayer Service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.
Funeral: A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 4, 2007, at St. Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Church in Belleville, Ill., with Father Stanley Konieczny officiating. Interment will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
KASSLY MORTUARY, Fairview Heights, Ill.
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Jimmy Dupee
June 2, 2007
Ilona, Virginia, Regina and Patricia....My warm thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. I am so so sorry for your loss. We just lost our Grandma in March...both precious women are Angels in Heaven now. For years while living with my Gram on Scheel Street, your Grandmother's smile and wave and our little conversations across the lawns were always sunshine to my day. She was a positive spirit and lived a long life. You were all so blessed. It has been years since I have seen you ladies...since Midge and Ilona have Baby sitted, HA...since we watched Drive In movies from Virginia's back yard...how life passes so quickly. I wish I could be there to give hugs, pay my respects and celebrate your Grandmother's life...just know you are in my thoughts and prayers. I wish you all the very best in life. God bless you...and again, I am so sorry for your loss. Love, Jimmy
Midge Fultz
June 1, 2007
Grandma Kleinat was one in a million. I feel like she had a part in raising me as well as the girls. She was one of the greatest ladies I've ever known and will me missed by all that had the pleasure of knowing her. God Bless all of her family at this time of sorrow.
Douglas Dupee
June 1, 2007
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Pat Vaseska
May 31, 2007
As soft as angel wings, as quiet as night...
May peace come to your hearts.
With you in your sorrow
Jeffrey Michalke
May 31, 2007
I grew up knowing Helen as "Tim's Grandma," when she lived on Scheel Street. She was always nice to us neighborhood kids and would bake treats for us. I was especially proud to show her my first-born son in 1991. After my parents moved and the mobile home park closed, we lost contact with Helen. I will always cherish the fond memories I had of her from my childhood days.
I know Helen is smiling in Heaven and watching over her family.
God Bless,
Brett & Heather Bersche
May 31, 2007
We feel for your loss. Helena is in Gods arms and is with her husband right now.
Dirk Miller
May 31, 2007
My prayers and thoughts to all of the family. Love you all.
Peace,
Dirk
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