Helena Stachowiak

Helena Stachowiak, 96, of Zelienople passed away Monday while under the care of St. John's Specialty Care Center in Mars.

Born Nov. 8, 1919, in Wierzchy, Poland, she was the daughter of the late Stanislaw and Jozefa (Olejnik) Janiak.

Helena was a former member of St. Gregory Catholic Church in Zelienople. In her free time, she loved to sing and socialize with friends. She will be dearly missed and fondly remembered.

She leaves behind to cherish her memory her four children, Christina Peters of New Castle, Helen Rice and her husband, Jim, of New Kensington, John Stachowiak of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Raymond Stachowiak of West Palm Beach, Fla.; her sister, Sabina Ziolkowski of Ontario, Canada; her nine grandchildren, Sherri Decker, Eric Fisher, Angie Bagamery, Adam Stachowiak, Sara Selley and her husband, Jesse, Jennifer Rice, Derek Rice and his wife, Becky, Devon Stachowiak and Ryan Stachowiak; and her six great-grandchildren, Jared, Brendan, Jordan, Justin, Brayden and Hunter.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Stachowiak; her son, Richard “Stitch” Stachowiak; her three brothers; and her daughter-in-law, Ileine Stachowiak.

STACHOWIAK — The family of Helena Stachowiak, who died Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, will welcome friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Boylan Funeral Home, 324 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople.A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.She will be laid to rest privately at St. Gregory Catholic Church Cemetery.Expressions of sympathy may be shared with Helena's family at www.boylanfuneralservices.com.