Helene Brady Riley
Helene B. (Brady) Riley, age 76, of Poplar Grove, Connellsville, Pa., passed away Friday, January 13, 2006, in UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pa.
She was born January 18, 1929, in Connellsville, Pa., daughter of John J. Brady Sr. and Rose B. (Bailey) Brady.
Helene was a lifelong resident of Connellsville.
She graduated from the now former Immaculate Conception High School in Connellsville with the Class of 1946.
She was also a 1950 graduate of Mount Mercy College in Pittsburgh, Pa., which is now Carlow University, with a degree as a Dietician. She then worked as a Dietician for Uniontown Hospital from 1951 until her retirement in 1991.
Helene was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Connellsville.
Helene was predeceased by her parents, two brothers, Edward Brady and John J. Brady Jr., and a sister, Rose Marie Brady Johnson.
Helene is survived by her loving husband, Harry G. Riley; her sisters: Ann Riley and her husband, Charles, of Connellsville, Barbara Ozag and her husband, Joseph, of Frederick, Maryland, and Susan Brady of Naples, Florida; and numerous loving nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 East Green Street, Connellsville, Pa., on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where a Blessing Service will be held Tuesday, January 17, at 9:30 a.m.
A Funeral Mass follows at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville, with the Rev. Father Terry A. Hercik as Celebrant.
A Committal Service and interment will follow in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Connellsville.
Parish Wake Service will be held in the funeral home on Monday at 8:45 p.m.
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