Helen Armstrong Jimenez

Helen Armstrong Jimenez obituary

Helen Armstrong Jimenez

Helen Jimenez Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by McCoy Funeral Home - Blacksburg on Nov. 20, 2025.

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Helen Armstrong Jimenez of Blacksburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2025 at the age of 95. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Julio Jimenez, her parents Fred Harley Armstrong and Gertrude Fries Armstrong, sister Mary B. Dietz and son-in-law J. Reese Voshell Jr. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Evelyn Machingo of Menlo, Georgia and Trisha Voshell of Floyd; her granddaughters, Tessie Albert of Blacksburg and Stephanie Voshell of Floyd; and her brother, Fred Armstrong and his wife Bettie of Houston, Texas. She lived a full life and had many travel adventures with Julio and her family.

She will be missed by all, but we are happy for her to be reunited with Julio.

Special thanks to Community Care Solutions, LLC and Good Samaritan Hospice for their care and support.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests contributions be made to the Blacksburg Library, 200 Miller Street SW, Blacksburg, VA 24060, which she visited regularly.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

McCoy Funeral Home - Blacksburg

150 Country Club Dr. S.W., Blacksburg, VA 24060-5427

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