Helen M. Delany

Helen M. Delany

Helen Delany Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Apr. 6, 2008.
Helen M. Delany COLLEGEVILLE, PA - Helen M. Delany, 84, died Friday at her home in Collegeville, PA. Born in Trenton, Mrs. Delany had been a resident of Trenton and West Trenton most of her life before moving to Collegeville. Mrs. Delany was formerly employed as a secretary for Princeton University Press and the Trenton School System. Wife of the late Donald P. Delany and sister of the late Rita M. Hooper and daughter of the late Thomas and Kathryn McDonough, she is survived by her daughter, Dr. Donna A. Delany of Chester Springs, PA. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Tuesday in Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church, 137 W. Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton. Interment will follow in Morrisville Cemetery. Relatives and friends are invited to call Tuesday from 9 a.m. until time of Mass. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made in her memory to Dad's My Angel Puppy Rescue, Inc., PO Box 26233, Collegeville, PA 19426 dadsmyangelpuppyrescue. com or French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, 3340 Coventryville Road, Pottstown, PA 19465 frenchandpickering.org, preserving natural places for the future.

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