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John Helin

Springfield, Massachusetts

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John R. Helin, youngest of 3 sons of the late John A and Dorothy L Helin, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022. Beside his daughter, Jennifer (Mark Deslauriers) grandson Joshua, he also leaves brothers Robert and William, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his beloved son...

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John, was a great neighbor and friend for many, many years in the Village. You will be missed our friend. Rest in peace John !

I will greatly miss my frequent conservations with John when we chatted about all the Boston sports teams celebrating their success and lamenting their failures and in between the sports talk we speculated about how to solve a few of the problems in the world, with no success. As Ted Williams, one of John's favorite baseball players, once said "Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it." John did that and for decades "fought the good fight". "To live in the hearts of those we...

Sorry to hear of your loss! John was a special person, with a large heart! Fly high my friend! Be at peace!

Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.