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October 8, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 11, 2013 from 4-7 PM. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM on Friday following the visiting hours.
Helen F. Kill, age 95 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. She had been a lifelong resident of Wayne; born in a farmhouse on Ratzer Rd. in 1918.
Helen was one of six children and the first ever in her family to finish high school. Wayne didn’t have a high school in those days and she graduated from Pompton Lakes High in 1935. She earned a certificate for perfect attendance for the school year 1929-1930. She also played basketball for Pompton Lakes High, receiving a varsity letter. Helen often recanted the story that the school didn’t provide transportation for the basketball team to their away games. She and her teammates would each have to pitch in a nickel for gas and get a ride from one of their classmates. As a young woman, she and her friends would visit the Jersey Shore on the weekends and she really loved the beach. Going to Asbury Park was common and on a few occasions they ventured all the way to Wildwood. The Garden State Parkway didn’t exist back then, and a trip to Wildwood was truly a long distance adventure. She remembered those years fondly and really had a lot of fun.
After high school, she began working at Mack Moulding in Wayne, from 1935-1945. She took a few years off to raise her young girls before working again, this time at Bollinger & Butler Insurance from 1951-1975. She retired after 24 years there, but wasn’t quite ready to ‘retire’. She joined Business Service Agency and enjoyed another eighteen years of employment before finally, and officially, retiring in 1993.
Helen met David Tullo fifty two years ago and the two of them had a wonderful, loving relationship. They were the best of friends. Together they traveled all over the U.S., visiting every state except for Alaska, Maine and North Dakota. They made it to Hawaii twice. Among her favorite destinations were Branson, Missouri and Mackinac Island, Michigan. She and Dave spent many winters in Florida, visiting with old friends for a few days at a time. They would venture around the whole state for several weeks, staying with various friends and family along the way before returning up north.
Helen was a spry ninety five year old woman. One thing you could always count on with Helen was her smile, and spending time with her guaranteed you were going to be laughing too. She had a wonderful attitude about life and surely lived to the fullest. Although she will be missed dearly, she has left a legacy with her family and friends that none of them will soon forget.
Helen is survived by her two daughters; Sandra Connolly of Tuxedo Park, NY and Sherry Lawson of Haskell, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by all of her siblings, and by David Tullo, her dear companion of over fifty years who passed away in March of this year.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 11, 2013 from 4-7 PM. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM on Friday following the visiting hours.
October 8, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, October 11, 2013 from 4-7 PM. A funeral service will be held at 7 PM on Friday following the visiting hours.
Helen F. Kill, age 95 of Wayne, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. She had been a lifelong resident of Wayne; born in a farmhouse on Ratzer Rd. in 1918.
Helen was one of six children and the first ever in her family to finish high school. Wayne didn’t have a high school in those days and she graduated from Pompton Lakes High in 1935. She earned a certificate for perfect attendance for the school year 1929-1930. She also played basketball for Pompton Lakes High, receiving a varsity letter. Helen often recanted the story that the school didn’t provide transportation for the basketball team to their away games. She and her teammates would each have to pitch in a nickel for gas and get a ride from one of their classmates. As a young woman, she and her friends would visit the Jersey Shore on the weekends and she really loved the beach. Going to Asbury Park was common and on a few occasions they ventured all the way to Wildwood. The Garden State Parkway didn’t exist back then, and a trip to Wildwood was truly a long distance adventure. She remembered those years fondly and really had a lot of fun.
After high school, she began working at Mack Moulding in Wayne, from 1935-1945. She took a few years off to raise her young girls before working again, this time at Bollinger & Butler Insurance from 1951-1975. She retired after 24 years there, but wasn’t quite ready to ‘retire’. She joined Business Service Agency and enjoyed another eighteen years of employment before finally, and officially, retiring in 1993.
Helen met David Tullo fifty two years ago and the two of them had a wonderful, loving relationship. They were the best of friends. Together they traveled all over the U.S., visiting every state except for Alaska, Maine and North Dakota. They made it to Hawaii twice. Among her favorite destinations were Branson, Missouri and Mackinac Island, Michigan. She and Dave spent many winters in Florida, visiting with old friends for a few days at a time. They would venture around the whole state for several weeks, staying with various friends and family along the way before returning up north.
Helen was a spry ninety five year old woman. One thing you could always count on with Helen was her smile, and spending time with her guaranteed you were going to be laughing too. She had a wonderful attitude about life and surely lived to the fullest. Although she will be missed dearly, she has left a legacy with her family and friends that none of them will soon forget.
Helen is survived by her two daughters; Sandra Connolly of Tuxedo Park, NY and Sherry Lawson of Haskell, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by all of her siblings, and by David Tullo, her dear companion of over fifty years who passed away in March of this year.
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