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Helen T. Parrella, 97, of Exeter, passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Green Mountain Nursing Home in Colchester, Vermont surrounded by her family.
Born in Alden, PA, she was the daughter of the late Bartholomew and Pauline (Maday) Pierzchala.
Helen attended Newport Twp. Schools and was a member of St. Barbara Parish of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Exeter .
She had worked as a spinner and bobbin girl in local silk mills, as a nurses aide, and for the American Red Cross.
She cherished her time with her children and their families. They were her greatest joy.
She was predeceased by her 2nd husband, Nicholas Parrella, in 2001, and her first husband, Eugene Warchal, in 1946 and by her brothers Bartholomew and Henry Pierzchala, sisters, Mary Butchko, Josephine Rusczyk, Bernadine Vance; sisters-in-law, Josephine Cefalo, Angela Parrella, Margaret Valenti and brother-in-law Joseph Parrella.
Surviving are her son Eugene Warchal and his wife Rosemarie, Freehold NJ; her daughter Deborah Parrella and her husband Everett Marshall, Huntington, VT; a brother Chester Pierzchala, and sisters; Blanche Frankievich, Theodora Plocicki and Eleanor Hudak.
5 grandchildren Michael and Kenneth Warchal, Patricia Whitehead, and Nicholas and Hannah Marshall.
4 great grandchildren Nicholas, Brianna and Hunter Warchal and Elizabeth Whitehead.
Also surviving is her dear friend and neighbor, Ann Barni, Exeter PA.
Funeral will be held on Monday at 9:00AM from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter with a Mass of Christian burial at 9:30AM from St. Anthony of Padua Church (St. Barbara Parish) 28 Memorial Ave., Exeter. The Rev. Joseph Adonizio, will be celebrant.
Interment will be in St. Cecilia’s Cemetery, Schooley St., Exeter.
Relatives and friends may call on Sunday from 6:00PM until 8:00PM at the funeral home.
To send the family expressions of sympathy or an online condolence please visit www.gubbiottifh.com.
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