Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....White, Helen M. October 22, 2004
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Virginian-Pilot  October 27, 2004
VIRGINIA BEACH - Helen M. White, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and 
loving friend received her "angel wings" on Oct. 22, 2004.
She was a longtime member of St. Pius X Catholic Parish, where she served as 
religious education teacher, volunteer art teacher, member of the Women's Club, 
lector, Eucharistic minister and numerous other ministries.
Some of her life accomplishments include a tour of duty in the Waves during World 
War II, sewing dress and play clothes for numerous people, especially her 
children, and winning a variety of awards for her outstanding artwork with the 
Chesapeake Bay Art Association. She helped empower the less fortunate through her 
work with Literacy Council, NEST and the St. Pius Sandwich Ministry.
Her loving memories will be cherished by her six daughters, Helen M. White of 
Virginia Beach, Maureen White, SND of Enugu, Nigeria, Jesse M. Gagne and her 
husband Jimmy, Jean M. Partain and her husband John, Margaret A. Holland and her 
husband Vic, all of Norfolk, Rose Kennedy and her husband Donald of Edenton, N.C. 
and her son, Thomas W. White Jr. and his wife Cecilia, of Norfolk. She will also 
be remembered with love by her 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
There will be a viewing at 7 p.m. followed by a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. 
Thursday at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk chapel. The funeral Mass will take 
place at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Norfolk. Father James Parke 
will preside. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery and a reception will follow at 
St. Pius X Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Pius X 
School to start a fund for the fine arts.


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