Obituaries:  Mrs. Helen Abington Bergin, Sabine Parish       B-625
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 25, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Helen Abington Bergin

  Mrs. Helen Abington Bergin, 70, died June 18, 1987, in Baton
Rouge, La. Services were held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, on June
22, and burial was in Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.

  Mrs. Bergin was a native of Many, graduating from Many High
School, and she returned often from Baton Rouge to visit her
family and many area friends.

  She is survived by her husband, James J. Bergin Sr.; a daughter,
Patricia Rutherford Smith, College Station, Tex.; mother, Mrs. J.
M. Abington, Many; three sisters, Mary Agnes Byrd, and Bobby
Kratz, both of Many, and Edith Middleton, Baton Rouge; three
grandchildren, Leah Smith Tyner, San Antonio, Tex., Scott, and
Angela Smith, both of College Station, Tex.; a son-in-law,
William B. Smith, College Station; seven step children, George A.
Carson, Dallas, Tex., Rosemary Frederic, Lafayette, Sister Anne
Bergin, and James J. Bergin Jr., both of New Orleans, Katherine
Myer, and Michael Bergin, both of Baton Rouge, and Joseph Bergin,
Atlanta, Ga. She was a member of First Methodist Church, Baton
Rouge.

  Helen was preceded in death by her father, J. M. Abington of
Many.