Helen B. Sword, 92, 1501 Church St., Stevens Point, the widow of a former Stevens Point Journal editor, died Friday, April 22, 2011, at Harmony Commons in Stevens Point, while under the care of Ministry Home Care-Hospice Services.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point, with the Very Rev. John Potaczek officiating. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery in Stevens Point.
Visitation will be held at Boston Funeral Home in Stevens Point from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and at the church from 10:15 a.m. Friday until the service.
Memorial donations can be made at the donor's preference.
Condolences may be offered online at bostonfuneralhome.net.
Mrs. Sword was born Oct. 28, 1918, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Jesse T. and Alice (Bowden) Bentley. She grew up and graduated from high school in Stevens Point.
She worked for a time in earlier years at Hardware Mutual Insurance, now Sentry Insurance.
She was married to Sherman J. Sword on March 2, 1943, at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point. He died on Sept. 26, 2005.
She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the Town Bridge Club.
Survivors include one son, Sherman (Dawn), Forest Lake, Minn.; one brother, Kenneth (Elaine) Bentley, Montello; four granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Alice Bertram; and one sister, Mary Breitenstein.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point, with the Very Rev. John Potaczek officiating. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery in Stevens Point.
Visitation will be held at Boston Funeral Home in Stevens Point from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and at the church from 10:15 a.m. Friday until the service.
Memorial donations can be made at the donor's preference.
Condolences may be offered online at bostonfuneralhome.net.
Mrs. Sword was born Oct. 28, 1918, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Jesse T. and Alice (Bowden) Bentley. She grew up and graduated from high school in Stevens Point.
She worked for a time in earlier years at Hardware Mutual Insurance, now Sentry Insurance.
She was married to Sherman J. Sword on March 2, 1943, at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point. He died on Sept. 26, 2005.
She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the Town Bridge Club.
Survivors include one son, Sherman (Dawn), Forest Lake, Minn.; one brother, Kenneth (Elaine) Bentley, Montello; four granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Alice Bertram; and one sister, Mary Breitenstein.
Helen B. Sword, 92, 1501 Church St., Stevens Point, the widow of a former Stevens Point Journal editor, died Friday, April 22, 2011, at Harmony Commons in Stevens Point, while under the care of Ministry Home Care-Hospice Services.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point, with the Very Rev. John Potaczek officiating. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery in Stevens Point.
Visitation will be held at Boston Funeral Home in Stevens Point from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and at the church from 10:15 a.m. Friday until the service.
Memorial donations can be made at the donor's preference.
Condolences may be offered online at bostonfuneralhome.net.
Mrs. Sword was born Oct. 28, 1918, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Jesse T. and Alice (Bowden) Bentley. She grew up and graduated from high school in Stevens Point.
She worked for a time in earlier years at Hardware Mutual Insurance, now Sentry Insurance.
She was married to Sherman J. Sword on March 2, 1943, at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point. He died on Sept. 26, 2005.
She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the Town Bridge Club.
Survivors include one son, Sherman (Dawn), Forest Lake, Minn.; one brother, Kenneth (Elaine) Bentley, Montello; four granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Alice Bertram; and one sister, Mary Breitenstein.
A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point, with the Very Rev. John Potaczek officiating. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery in Stevens Point.
Visitation will be held at Boston Funeral Home in Stevens Point from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and at the church from 10:15 a.m. Friday until the service.
Memorial donations can be made at the donor's preference.
Condolences may be offered online at bostonfuneralhome.net.
Mrs. Sword was born Oct. 28, 1918, in Stevens Point, a daughter of the late Jesse T. and Alice (Bowden) Bentley. She grew up and graduated from high school in Stevens Point.
She worked for a time in earlier years at Hardware Mutual Insurance, now Sentry Insurance.
She was married to Sherman J. Sword on March 2, 1943, at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Stevens Point. He died on Sept. 26, 2005.
She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the Town Bridge Club.
Survivors include one son, Sherman (Dawn), Forest Lake, Minn.; one brother, Kenneth (Elaine) Bentley, Montello; four granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Alice Bertram; and one sister, Mary Breitenstein.
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