Helen Yeager
1922 - 2022
Helen Yeager
1922 - 2022
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EDWARDSVILLE — Helen B. Gembacz Buchina Yeager, 99, of Edwardsville, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 26, 2022, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Sugar Notch on Oct. 31, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Katherine Krull Gembacz.
She was a member of Holy Family Parish, Sugar Notch, and St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre. She enjoyed solving word-searches, going to the casino and travelling with her beloved family. Helen was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her family meant everything to her.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Alex Buchina Jr. and Howard Yeager; grandson Ian Pope; eight sisters and brothers; and son-in-law Jack Wallace.
Surviving are her loving daughters, Andrea Buchina, Alexis Koss and her husband Tim, Linda Wallace, Christine Buchina, Marie Pope and her husband Jim; grandchildren Scott Wallace and his wife Trish, Dale Wallace and his wife Jennifer, Michael Koss and his wife Nichole, John Koss and his companion Carlie Owsley, Alyssa Pope Hartmann and her husband Bobby; great-grandchildren Stasia Bierly and her husband Chad, Jonathan Wallace, Autumn Wallace and Alexander Koss; great-great-grandchildren Graydon and Garand Bierly; and granddaughter-in-law Robin Croman.
A Mass of Christian Burial is at 10 a.m. on Friday in St. Nicholas Church, with the Rev. Mark DeCelles officiating. Private interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Helen's name to the Ian Pope Memorial Scholarship Fund (which annually awards scholarships to two Holy Redeemer High School students entering their senior year), c/o Christine Buchina, 85-B Manor Road, Edwardsville, PA 18704, or to St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.
Arrangements are by the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley.
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Stacey Croman
March 31, 2022
I am so very sorry for your family's loss. I always enjoyed spending time with her. The conversations and laughs that we shared are very fond memories that I hold close to my heart. Though I am not a blood relative she told me to call her Gram and I will always think of her that way.
Marie Kuklewicz
March 31, 2022
Andrea, Christine, Marie, Alexis & Linda, It must be a glorious day in Heaven with your Mom's arrival. I loved spending time with her at Church and working the instant bingo stand all those years. She will be missed.
Roccena (Boonie Ahlborn) Lawatch
March 30, 2022
Dear Andrea, Alexis, Linda, Christine and Marie and the rest of the members of Helen´s family,
Please accept my sincerest condolences. I am imagining Helen´s heavenly reunion with Howard, Mrs. Wells and Jennie Bachman and all those she loved who passed before her. She was well loved and no doubt it was a grand welcome to her Father´s heavenly home.
May your memories of her comfort you in the days, weeks, months and years ahead.
In Sympathy,
Boonie
P.S. (My family lived at 236 So. Franklin St on the other side of the fence from the Wells´ Carriage house and was Jennie Bachman´s God daughter and a friend of Linda´s)
Kay Homer
March 30, 2022
Fondly remembering how your mom would call down to me from her carriage house window when I came to visit and how kind she was to Virginia. A long and beautiful life well lived.......
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