Helen L. Denny

1925 - 2010

9/2/1925-12/16/2010 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we the family of Helen Denny, 85, announce her passing on Thursday, December 16, 2010.

Helen was born in Rockville, MD to Ada Jane (full Sioux Indian) and Daniel Matthew Kerrick (full German) on September 2, 1925. She had been a resident of Ventura County for over 62 years and came here from Fairfax, VA.

After 31 1/2 years, she retired as a Psychiatric Technician from Camarillo State Hospital. She then worked P/T at Everest & Jennings wheelchair in Camarillo. With her love to help people, she took care of seniors in Camarillo. Doing their cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, taking them to doctor appointments and whatever they needed her to do for them.

Helen was a loving mother and grandmother. She was known as "Grandma Denny" to her grandchildren's friends. She would take all three children and their friends to different functions on a regular basis. She loved taking her grandchildren to baseball games, water slides, and to the beach. She would take each one wherever they wanted to go. She even took three additional children (all three were siblings and friends of her own grandchildren) to Las Vegas, NV to Circus Circus and to the big water slide one summer.

Helen was a lover of dogs and had several throughout her life. She would cook chicken daily for her dog Timber and sit outside and brush his fur for hours. Her grandchildren were the love of her life and there was nothing she wouldn't do for them.

As she got older, Alzheimer's set in making it difficult to know her five great-granddaughters. She loved her family dearly and each one held a special place in her heart. Helen touched many lives and was loved by those who knew her. She will be greatly missed by all of us. She was preceded in death by her husband, William (Bun) of Somis, CA; and her sister Catherine of Columbia, SC. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lydia and Michael Barra of Ventura, CA; grandson, Chris Denny of Knoxville, TN; granddaughter and great-granddaughters, Sonia, Allison and Emily Childers of Lee's Summit, MO; grandson Aaron Taylor, grand daughter-in-law, Kelly, and great granddaughters Sydney, Baylee and Emersyn from Somis, CA; brother and sister-in-law, Ralph and Grace Kerrick from Fairfax, VA; sister Gladys Elston from Orange Park, FL; sisters-in-laws; Judith Mitchell and Annie Tenenbaum; brother-in-law, David Denny; several nieces and nephews, and her very best and dear friend of many, many years, Johnny Milburn in Camarillo, Ca; which Helen passed away on Johnny's birthday.

A memorial celebration of her life will be held at a later date. Special love and thanks go out to Dierdre Daly and her loving, caring and understanding staff at Autumn Years at Ojai. And a "very special thanks" to Carrie at Livingston Memorial HOSPICE for taking the best care my mother could have ever had. Thank you all ever so much as you are angels on earth.