Helen Alice Wolanski of Cutchogue died at her home on June 15, 2019 at the age of 92.
Born in Southold on Sept. 19, 1926 to Bertha Alice (Zielnecki) and Joseph Droskoski, she was a graduate of Southold High School in the Class of 1944.
On Aug. 5, 1945, she married Ted Wolanski at Our Lady of Ostrabrama Roman Catholic Church in Cutchogue and together they made their home in Southold for many years.
Helen had been a secretary and bookkeeper for Hazeltine and Hills Grocery Store and her final years were with the NYS Unemployment Department.
She was a communicant of St. Patrick’s R.C. Church and past-president of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Predeceased by her husband on April 5, 2004, she is survived by two daughters, Nancy J. Grigonis of Cordova, Maryland and Linda A. Faszczewski of Cutchogue;by three grandchildren: Amy Gammon, Lynelle Faszczewski and Shelly Leonard; and by six great-grandchildren: Gayle, David, Ted, Pierce, Grace and Taylor.
She was predeceased by siblings: John, Wesley, Vincent, Frank, Joe, Lucy and Millie; and by her grandchildren: Lara Grigonis and T.J. Grigonis.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, June 19 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church in Southold. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery in Cutchogue.
