Avis de décès de Helen-S. Harris - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Harris, Helen S. (Sapienza) Brockport: Helen Sapienza Harris, 82, on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at Unity Hospital in the presence of her loving family. She is survived by her devoted and loving husband of 58 years, Kenneth Harris, daughters Mary, Martha (Dennis) Terilli, and Anne (Adam) Wilcox, sons Joseph (Cathrine), Andrew (Bridget), Daniel (Beatrice), and Charles, sister Mary (Howard) Sprague, brothers James (Anne) and Guy (Judy) Sapienza, sisters-in-law Jean Sapienza and Gail (Laramie) Smith, grandchildren Michael, Rachel, Haley, Simon, Manny, Naomi, and Pearl Harris, Peter, Annie, and Claire Terilli, Lila, Iris, and Oscar Wilcox, and many cherished nieces and nephews. Helen was predeceased by brothers Charles, Samuel, Paul, Joseph, and Harry Sapienza, niece Nancy Sapienza, and nephew and godson Paul Sprague. Helen was devoted to her family and her faith, and pursued a long teaching career while raising her family of seven children with Ken. She was a graduate of Nazareth College and Brockport State. She retired in 1983, and spent her retirement years enjoying time with her husband and children, grandchildren and friends. Helen will be remembered for the joy she took in her own and her extended family, the strength of her spiritual beliefs, her skill in floral arranging, and her competitive spirit - most evident in the late night Scrabble games with family members, and in the enthusiastic and steadfast interest she showed throughout the years as she and the entire family cheered for the Boston Celtics and the Syracuse Orange. Friends and family may call on Sunday, November 1, from 2-5:00 pm at Fowler Funeral Home, 340 West Avenue, Brockport, NY 14420. Her funeral mass will be at 10:00 am on Monday, November 2 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 152 Main Street, Brockport. Donations in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, (800-805-5856), www.stjude.org.