Helena O'Connor
June 19, 1928 - October 29, 2002

Helena O'Conner RIVERSIDE, Iowa #45;- Helena O'Conner, 74, Riverside died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002, at her home. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Riverside. The Rev. Rich Adam will officiate. Pallbearers are Jim McNamara, Joe McNamara, Don McNamara, Mike Duwa, Tom Duwa, Jim Laures, Bill Laures, Carey O'Connor and Matt Hernandez. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Riverside. After services at the cemetery a luncheon will be held at the church. Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Friday, with a 7 p.m. rosary and a 7:30 p.m. prayer service, at the Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home, Riverside. Memorials may be made to the Riverside First Responders or Washington County Hospice. Mrs. O'Conner was born on June 19, 1928, in Holbrook, the daughter of James and Mary Reynolds Cooney. She married Leroy O'Conner on Aug. 10, 1949, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Riverside. Helena graduated from St. Mary's Catholic School, Riverside, in 1947 and then attended Teacher's College in Mount St. Clare, Clinton. She taught at Old Kentucky School in rural Riverside. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the S amp; C card club and the Washington County Health Advisory Board. She enjoyed gardening, photography, cooking, bird watching, playing cards and dancing, but most of all, she loved to spend time with her family and friends. Survivors include her husband; four sons, Patrick O'Conner and his wife, Chery, of Independence, Michael O'Conner of Cedar Falls, John O'Conner and his wife, Stephanie, of Riverside and Timothy O'Conner and his significant other, Laura Wroblewski, of Coralville; two daughters, Susan O'Conner-Von and her husband, Ron, of St. Paul, Minn. and Sara O'Conner of Riverside; seven grandchildren, Candice, Kristin and Ashley, all of Independence, Addison, Evan and Clint, all of Riverside and Caitlyn of Cedar Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Edward and Mervin; and three sisters, Madeline, Katherine and Theresa.

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