Helen Kerrick Wanyo

Helen Kerrick Wanyo, 91, of Edwardsville, passed away early Monday morning, May 20, 2013, at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Helen was a daughter of the late John and Susan Jorda Kerrick. She was a lifelong resident of Edwardsville, graduating in 1940 from the Edwardsville High School. Helen was a faithful and very supportive member of St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a former member of the church choir and the Shiptytsky Choir of Northeastern Pennsylvania. She was a former member of St. Vladimir's Women's Society, during which time she chaired a two-year project for the church's cookbook, titled "Traditions in Cooking." Helen was an ardent supporter of vocations to the Ukrainian Catholic priesthood.

Before her marriage, Helen worked at the Duplan Silk Mill, Kingston, where she made many lifelong friends. Later, Helen worked at the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, until retirement.

Helen was preceded in death by her son, Richard, in 2005.

Helen is survived by her son, Michael Wanyo, and his wife, Karen; daughter, Beatrice Stone, and her husband, Bill; three grandchildren; brother, Edward Kerrick, and his wife, Eleanor; numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday from the Edwards and Russin Funeral Home, 717 Main St., Edwardsville, with a Divine Liturgy and Requiem Services at 10:30 a.m. in St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 70 Zerby Ave., Edwardsville. The Rev. Paul Wolensky, pastor, will serve as celebrant. Interment will follow in Ss. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery, Pringle. Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday with a Parastas service at 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, or to the local SPCA.