Obituary of Helen A. McKeon

Helen A. McKeon (nee Nebus) of Springville, PA died March 15, 2012 at home, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Rose Nebus. Helen was born in South Amboy, NJ and resided in Sayreville, NJ for many years before moving to Pennsylvania. She was predeceased by four brothers: Peter, William, Edmund, and Charles Jr and one sister, Rose Baumgartner, all of New Jersey. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Francis Sr., and their five children: Sharon Fallon and husband, Edward of Farmingdale, NJ, Francis Jr. of Springville, PA, David and wife Georgeann of Burlington, NJ, Mary Ann Jennings and husband, David of Meshoppen, PA , and Jeffrey and Wife Amy of Toms River, NJ. She was a loving grandmother to fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Helen was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church in Tunkhannock. During her lifetime, she served as an extraordinary minister, lector, and religious education teacher. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 19th at 10:00 am from the Church of the Nativity BVM, Tunkhannock. Family and friends are requested to go directly to the church. Friends may call at the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, PA on Sunday from 4 – 7 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to the Church of the Nativity BVM, 99 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, 18657 or to the Tunkhannock Public Library, 220 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, PA, 18657. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.