Helen Frances (Mauney) DeLois passed away peacefully at The Maine Veterans' Home in Scarborough on January 13, 2016.
She was born on July 10, 1923 in Shelby North Carolina, the daughter of Peter Marion and Mamie Ferol Hord Mauney.
Helen attended and graduated from Shelby High School and the Women's College at the University of North Carolina.
While working in Greensboro, she met and married Jess F. DeLois with whom she shared her life until his death in 1987.
Together they raised 6 children, first in Charleston, Maine then in Caribou and Brunswick, where she remained until moving to The Veterans' Home in 2008.
Helen was a remarkable woman who devoted her life to her husband, her children, her church and her community. Although she worked many years for the Brunswick School System where she develolped and ran the first AV department (as it was then called) her life was in service to others.She was a caregiver by nature, first in Caribou where she took in children of working mothers and later in Brunswick where she saw to the needs of the elderly, friends and the disenfranchised.
She volunteered countless hours at the Brunswick Soup Kitchen, and Saint Charles Church. Known for her hospitality and cooking skills, her greatest joy was gathering her family, friends and assorted others around her dining room table and providing them with memorable meals, fun and laughter. An invitation to share a meal with Helen was much sought after, but one which she gave generously and often.
She is predeceased by her husband: Jess; her parents; her sisters: Vangie, Thelma and Kate; her brothers, Charles, Joe, Hugh and Peter. Her great friend Jack Caldwell.
She is survived by her sisters: Louise Mauney Campbell and Ann Mauney Williams; brother James Mauney and wife Frances; Daughters: Mary and her husband Robert Raff of Portland; Jane and her husband Robert Strauss of Waterford and their children: Jesse Stauss and his wife Christina; Hannah Strauss; and Rachel Strauss; her sons: David of Brunswick, his daughter Emily, her partner Guy Steitburber, son Guy III and Emily's mother Susan DeLois; John, of Waterford; Joseph and Rebecca (Abelon) of Falmouth and their children: Nathan, and his wife Melissa; Anthony, his wife Elizabeth and son Asher; and Jacob DeLois; Thomas and Lisa Pardus of Pownal and their children Cooper and Wyatt; and Chad Mack and his wife Stephanie. As well as many nieces and nephews.
The family is very grateful for the care that Helen received from the staff at the Veterans' Home especially for the love and devotion of April Noyes to whom the family will be eternally indebted.
Friends and family may call at BRACKETT FUNERAL HOME at 29 Federal Street in Brunswick Maine on Monday January 18, 2016, from 4-6pm. Funeral Services will be held at 1pm on Tuesday January 19th, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen Street, Brunswick.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Brunswick Student Aid Fund: BASAF, P.O. Box 867, Brunswick, ME 04011.
(Brackett Funeral Home Brunswick Maine)
She was born on July 10, 1923 in Shelby North Carolina, the daughter of Peter Marion and Mamie Ferol Hord Mauney.
Helen attended and graduated from Shelby High School and the Women's College at the University of North Carolina.
While working in Greensboro, she met and married Jess F. DeLois with whom she shared her life until his death in 1987.
Together they raised 6 children, first in Charleston, Maine then in Caribou and Brunswick, where she remained until moving to The Veterans' Home in 2008.
Helen was a remarkable woman who devoted her life to her husband, her children, her church and her community. Although she worked many years for the Brunswick School System where she develolped and ran the first AV department (as it was then called) her life was in service to others.She was a caregiver by nature, first in Caribou where she took in children of working mothers and later in Brunswick where she saw to the needs of the elderly, friends and the disenfranchised.
She volunteered countless hours at the Brunswick Soup Kitchen, and Saint Charles Church. Known for her hospitality and cooking skills, her greatest joy was gathering her family, friends and assorted others around her dining room table and providing them with memorable meals, fun and laughter. An invitation to share a meal with Helen was much sought after, but one which she gave generously and often.
She is predeceased by her husband: Jess; her parents; her sisters: Vangie, Thelma and Kate; her brothers, Charles, Joe, Hugh and Peter. Her great friend Jack Caldwell.
She is survived by her sisters: Louise Mauney Campbell and Ann Mauney Williams; brother James Mauney and wife Frances; Daughters: Mary and her husband Robert Raff of Portland; Jane and her husband Robert Strauss of Waterford and their children: Jesse Stauss and his wife Christina; Hannah Strauss; and Rachel Strauss; her sons: David of Brunswick, his daughter Emily, her partner Guy Steitburber, son Guy III and Emily's mother Susan DeLois; John, of Waterford; Joseph and Rebecca (Abelon) of Falmouth and their children: Nathan, and his wife Melissa; Anthony, his wife Elizabeth and son Asher; and Jacob DeLois; Thomas and Lisa Pardus of Pownal and their children Cooper and Wyatt; and Chad Mack and his wife Stephanie. As well as many nieces and nephews.
The family is very grateful for the care that Helen received from the staff at the Veterans' Home especially for the love and devotion of April Noyes to whom the family will be eternally indebted.
Friends and family may call at BRACKETT FUNERAL HOME at 29 Federal Street in Brunswick Maine on Monday January 18, 2016, from 4-6pm. Funeral Services will be held at 1pm on Tuesday January 19th, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen Street, Brunswick.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Brunswick Student Aid Fund: BASAF, P.O. Box 867, Brunswick, ME 04011.
(Brackett Funeral Home Brunswick Maine)
Helen Frances (Mauney) DeLois passed away peacefully at The Maine Veterans' Home in Scarborough on January 13, 2016.
She was born on July 10, 1923 in Shelby North Carolina, the daughter of Peter Marion and Mamie Ferol Hord Mauney.
Helen attended and graduated from Shelby High School and the Women's College at the University of North Carolina.
While working in Greensboro, she met and married Jess F. DeLois with whom she shared her life until his death in 1987.
Together they raised 6 children, first in Charleston, Maine then in Caribou and Brunswick, where she remained until moving to The Veterans' Home in 2008.
Helen was a remarkable woman who devoted her life to her husband, her children, her church and her community. Although she worked many years for the Brunswick School System where she develolped and ran the first AV department (as it was then called) her life was in service to others.She was a caregiver by nature, first in Caribou where she took in children of working mothers and later in Brunswick where she saw to the needs of the elderly, friends and the disenfranchised.
She volunteered countless hours at the Brunswick Soup Kitchen, and Saint Charles Church. Known for her hospitality and cooking skills, her greatest joy was gathering her family, friends and assorted others around her dining room table and providing them with memorable meals, fun and laughter. An invitation to share a meal with Helen was much sought after, but one which she gave generously and often.
She is predeceased by her husband: Jess; her parents; her sisters: Vangie, Thelma and Kate; her brothers, Charles, Joe, Hugh and Peter. Her great friend Jack Caldwell.
She is survived by her sisters: Louise Mauney Campbell and Ann Mauney Williams; brother James Mauney and wife Frances; Daughters: Mary and her husband Robert Raff of Portland; Jane and her husband Robert Strauss of Waterford and their children: Jesse Stauss and his wife Christina; Hannah Strauss; and Rachel Strauss; her sons: David of Brunswick, his daughter Emily, her partner Guy Steitburber, son Guy III and Emily's mother Susan DeLois; John, of Waterford; Joseph and Rebecca (Abelon) of Falmouth and their children: Nathan, and his wife Melissa; Anthony, his wife Elizabeth and son Asher; and Jacob DeLois; Thomas and Lisa Pardus of Pownal and their children Cooper and Wyatt; and Chad Mack and his wife Stephanie. As well as many nieces and nephews.
The family is very grateful for the care that Helen received from the staff at the Veterans' Home especially for the love and devotion of April Noyes to whom the family will be eternally indebted.
Friends and family may call at BRACKETT FUNERAL HOME at 29 Federal Street in Brunswick Maine on Monday January 18, 2016, from 4-6pm. Funeral Services will be held at 1pm on Tuesday January 19th, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen Street, Brunswick.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Brunswick Student Aid Fund: BASAF, P.O. Box 867, Brunswick, ME 04011.
(Brackett Funeral Home Brunswick Maine)
She was born on July 10, 1923 in Shelby North Carolina, the daughter of Peter Marion and Mamie Ferol Hord Mauney.
Helen attended and graduated from Shelby High School and the Women's College at the University of North Carolina.
While working in Greensboro, she met and married Jess F. DeLois with whom she shared her life until his death in 1987.
Together they raised 6 children, first in Charleston, Maine then in Caribou and Brunswick, where she remained until moving to The Veterans' Home in 2008.
Helen was a remarkable woman who devoted her life to her husband, her children, her church and her community. Although she worked many years for the Brunswick School System where she develolped and ran the first AV department (as it was then called) her life was in service to others.She was a caregiver by nature, first in Caribou where she took in children of working mothers and later in Brunswick where she saw to the needs of the elderly, friends and the disenfranchised.
She volunteered countless hours at the Brunswick Soup Kitchen, and Saint Charles Church. Known for her hospitality and cooking skills, her greatest joy was gathering her family, friends and assorted others around her dining room table and providing them with memorable meals, fun and laughter. An invitation to share a meal with Helen was much sought after, but one which she gave generously and often.
She is predeceased by her husband: Jess; her parents; her sisters: Vangie, Thelma and Kate; her brothers, Charles, Joe, Hugh and Peter. Her great friend Jack Caldwell.
She is survived by her sisters: Louise Mauney Campbell and Ann Mauney Williams; brother James Mauney and wife Frances; Daughters: Mary and her husband Robert Raff of Portland; Jane and her husband Robert Strauss of Waterford and their children: Jesse Stauss and his wife Christina; Hannah Strauss; and Rachel Strauss; her sons: David of Brunswick, his daughter Emily, her partner Guy Steitburber, son Guy III and Emily's mother Susan DeLois; John, of Waterford; Joseph and Rebecca (Abelon) of Falmouth and their children: Nathan, and his wife Melissa; Anthony, his wife Elizabeth and son Asher; and Jacob DeLois; Thomas and Lisa Pardus of Pownal and their children Cooper and Wyatt; and Chad Mack and his wife Stephanie. As well as many nieces and nephews.
The family is very grateful for the care that Helen received from the staff at the Veterans' Home especially for the love and devotion of April Noyes to whom the family will be eternally indebted.
Friends and family may call at BRACKETT FUNERAL HOME at 29 Federal Street in Brunswick Maine on Monday January 18, 2016, from 4-6pm. Funeral Services will be held at 1pm on Tuesday January 19th, at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen Street, Brunswick.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Brunswick Student Aid Fund: BASAF, P.O. Box 867, Brunswick, ME 04011.
(Brackett Funeral Home Brunswick Maine)
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