Helen Pfeffer Currie Caire

CAIRE Helen Pfeffer Currie Caire, age 90, of Pass Christian passed away October 8, 2013. She was a native of New Orleans, LA. She graduated from LSU with a degree in drama. While at LSU, she met her first husband, Jim Currie, and they married after World War II. Helen and Jim moved their family to Pass Christian in 1960. She began her teaching career at St. Martin Episcopal School in New Orleans; continued it on the coast beginning at St. Joseph Academy in Bay St. Louis and retiring from St. Stanislaus in the 1980s. Along the way, she obtained a Master Degree in Spanish and moved from teaching English to Spanish and French. She enjoyed taking students from St. Stanislaus and Our Lady Academy to Mexico and Europe. Helen embraced Pass Christian and was active in many organizations. She had a special love for the Friends of the Library, the Boys and Girls Club, and the Weavers' Guild of the Gulf Coast. Helen was a parishioner at St. Paul Catholic Church until Hurricane Katrina, after which she attended Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, William D. Pfeffer and Mildred Morrill Pfeffer; sister, Audrey P. Masser; and husbands, James R. Currie and Rene Caire. Survivors include her sons, Jim, Charles, and Bill Currie; stepdaughters, Rene McDavitt and Julie Clothier; sister, Betty DeGeneres; and six grandchildren, Jac, Kathleen, Christopher, William, Katherine, and Elizabeth Currie. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 10:30 to 12 Noon, Friday, October 11, 2013 at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Pass Christian. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12 Noon at the church immediately following visitation. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Boys and Girls Club of Pass Christian, MS and Friends of the Pass Christian Library. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Pass Christian assisted the family with arrangements and the online guestbook may be signed at www.riemannfamily.com.