Helene Virginia Kocher

KUNKLE — Helene V. Kocher, 91, formerly of Kunkle, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the Mercy Center, Dallas, where she resided for the last 10 years.

Mrs. Kocher was born in Marseille, France, on Aug. 15, 1922, and was a daughter of the late Elia and Rose Godoli Maggi.

Helene was a stenographer in France, where she worked for an auto company. She then came to America as a World War II bride in 1947. Helene was a loving homemaker who loved plants and flowers and was a wonderful cook. Helene and her husband of 57 years, the late Eugene R. Kocher, enjoyed traveling to Florida and other parts of the U.S. in their motorhome. Her love for music and dance will always be remembered.

She had many friends and will be missed by those at Mercy Center.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by sister Georgette Kocher.

Helene is survived by her children, George Kocher and his wife, Marion, Harveys Lake; Paulette Wesley, Dallas; Jean Pierre Kocher, Dallas; Donna Newell and her husband, Jim, Harveys Lake, and Jerry Kocher, Dallas; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Helene's family thanks the staff of personal care and skilled nursing at Mercy Center, Hospice of the Sacred Heart and especially Dr. Nothstein for their loving care.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with the Rev. Richard Womer of the Tunkhannock Assembly of God Church officiating. Interment will be in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be sent to the Mercy Center, Nursing Unit, P.O. Box 370, Lake Street, Dallas, PA 18612.

Online condolences can be made at www.clswansonfuneralhome.com.