Helen M. Breindel, 88, of Silver Creek Terrace and formerly of Maine and Florida, died Friday, January 24, 2014 at the Elk Haven Nursing Home after a brief illness.
She was born April 20, 1925 in St. Marys, daughter of the late Urban and Caroline Weinzierl Meyer. She was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Class of 1943.
On August 17, 1946, in the St. Mary’s Church, she married LaVern A. Breindel, who survives. She is also survived by two daughters, Carolyn Sue Wheeler and her husband Sherwood of Haddonfield, NJ and Mary Beth Schaut and her husband Donald of St. Marys; two sons, Thomas L. Breindel and his wife Debra of Dedham, Maine and Timothy J. Breindel and his wife Ellen of Holden, Maine; eight grandchildren, Angela Bennett, Kelly Salyards, Robert Schaut, Dr. David Wheeler, Anne Marie Clemens, Jody Butilier, Jill Breindel and J.T. Breindel; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Patricia Schmidt and her husband, Wolfgang of Boulder, Colo.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Sister Josepha Meyer, O.S.B.; and a brother, Paul Meyer in infancy.
Mrs. Breindel was a member of the Queen of the World Church, a Girl Scout leader for many years in St. Marys and a member of the church choir in Maine. She loved traveling, hiking, camping, square dancing and being with her children and grandchildren.
There will be no visitation.
Family and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated in the Queen of the World Church on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 12:00 PM with the Rev. Richard Allen, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Elk County Catholic School System, 600 Maurus Street, St. Marys, PA 15857, or to the Silver Creek Terrace, 791 Johnsonburg Road, St. Marys, PA 15857.