Helen R. (Brzenk) Kelly
October 28, 1911 ~ December 17, 2016 (age 105) 105 Years OldShare using:
Helen R. Kelly, (nee:Brzenk), of Carteret, formally of Bayonne, entered peacefully into eternal rest at the age of 105, on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Senior Home & Assisted Living Center in Woodbridge, NJ. Born in Jersey City, Helen had resided in Bayonne before settling in Carteret many years ago. She was employed as a chief operational supervisor for the New York Bell Telephone Company for over 50 years, retiring in 1976.
Helen will be dearly missed and remembered for the countless lives she touched through the years and her memory will always remain in our hearts. Helen was predeceased by her first husband, Henry Creehowski (in 1961), her second husband, Edward Kelly (1989), her parents, Stanley and Wladyslawa Brzenk (nee: Sawicki); 2 brothers, Frank Czechowski and Stanley Brzenk Jr., 2 sisters, Dorothy and Emily Casale; her niece Madeline Cembor and her 2 nephews, Alfred S. Casale Sr. and his wife Regina, and Joseph Czechowski. Left to cherish her wonderful legacy are her 4 nephews, Frank, Richard, Ronald, and Stanley Brzenk, and her 14 grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
A visitation will be held at the Dworzanski & Son Funeral Home on Wednesday morning, December 21, from 8:15 am to 9:45 am. A funeral mass in Helen’s honor will be offered on Wednesday, December 21, at 10:00 am at St. John Paul II Parish at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 39 East 22nd Street, Bayonne. Interment will follow at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, where she will be laid to rest in the family plot.