Helen Kearney

HELEN T. KEARNEY Waynesville-Helen Theresa Kearney, age 80, of Lovely Lane and Ft. Pierce, Florida, died Wednesday, June 30, 2004. A native of Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late George J. and Nellie Casserly Parker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John F. Kearney, Jr. She attended St. Margarets Catholic Church in Maggie Valley, NC. She is survived by two daughters, Patricia Gibbons and her husband, David, of Sennville, MI and Kathleen Castaldi and her companion, Ron Margolis, of Tucson, Arizona; a son, John F. Kearney, III of Long Island, NY and her companion, Max Frey of Ft. Pierce and Waynesville; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; special friends, Lou and Cheryl Mira of North Port, New York; and a nephew, Father Barry Dowd. Funeral mass will be held in Florida. Memorials may be made to Haywood Regional Medical Center Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721. Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of local arrangements.