IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Helen
Krienen
November 10, 1932 – June 27, 2013
Obituary
Helen Cecilia
Krienen
(O'Brien)
Age 80, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, June 27, 2013.
Helen was born November 10, 1932 in the Forty Acres in Wilmington. She was preceded in death by her mother, Helen S. (Mahoney) O'Brien. She was a graduate of St. Ann School and St. Elizabeth High School. During the 1950's, she was a patent secretary at Connolly, Cooch, and Bove, and later worked in the City of Wilmington Law Department.
Helen was taught to play the piano by Sr. Hiltruda, OSF, when she was in third grade. She used this talent throughout her life, serving as organist at St. Ann, Corpus Christi, and St. Jude Churches, and at countless weddings and funerals throughout the Diocese of Wilmington.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, William J. Krienen, II, in 1993. They met while in high school, and were married at St. Ann Church on January 14, 1956. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, who found no greater joy than spending time with her family at her beach home in Lewes.
She is survived by her seven children and their spouses: William J., III and Mary Kay Krienen; Claire K. and John Reynolds, Therese K. and Michael Moore; Mary K. and Paul Ruoff; Ann K. Kane; Carl H. and Mary T. Krienen; and Patricia K. and Frederick H. Pfarrer, IV. She is also survived by her 28 grandchildren: Maureen and William J. Krienen, IV; Ann Bookout and husband, Bryan, John, Jr., Brigid, Liam, and Patrick Reynolds; Michael Brennan, Kevin, Daniel, and Kathleen Moore; Lauren, Colleen, Tara, Matthew, Meghan, and Gracie Ruoff; Erin, Maggie, Michael, Mary Kate, Jack, and Joe Kane; Thomas, Cecilia, James, John Paul, and Daniel Krienen; and her great-granddaughter, Claire Bookout.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am on Monday, July 1, at Corpus Christi R. C. Church, 901 New Road, Elsmere. Visitation will take place on Sunday, June 30, from 3:00-7:00 pm at Krienen Funeral Home, 1400 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington. Interment will be at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware, PO Box 747, Middletown, DE 19707 or the Kidney Transplant Fund at Christiana Care, MAP II, Suite 224, 4735 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19713.
Krienen Funeral Home
302.994.9614
www.Delawarefuneral.com
Krienen
(O'Brien)
Age 80, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, June 27, 2013.
Helen was born November 10, 1932 in the Forty Acres in Wilmington. She was preceded in death by her mother, Helen S. (Mahoney) O'Brien. She was a graduate of St. Ann School and St. Elizabeth High School. During the 1950's, she was a patent secretary at Connolly, Cooch, and Bove, and later worked in the City of Wilmington Law Department.
Helen was taught to play the piano by Sr. Hiltruda, OSF, when she was in third grade. She used this talent throughout her life, serving as organist at St. Ann, Corpus Christi, and St. Jude Churches, and at countless weddings and funerals throughout the Diocese of Wilmington.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, William J. Krienen, II, in 1993. They met while in high school, and were married at St. Ann Church on January 14, 1956. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, who found no greater joy than spending time with her family at her beach home in Lewes.
She is survived by her seven children and their spouses: William J., III and Mary Kay Krienen; Claire K. and John Reynolds, Therese K. and Michael Moore; Mary K. and Paul Ruoff; Ann K. Kane; Carl H. and Mary T. Krienen; and Patricia K. and Frederick H. Pfarrer, IV. She is also survived by her 28 grandchildren: Maureen and William J. Krienen, IV; Ann Bookout and husband, Bryan, John, Jr., Brigid, Liam, and Patrick Reynolds; Michael Brennan, Kevin, Daniel, and Kathleen Moore; Lauren, Colleen, Tara, Matthew, Meghan, and Gracie Ruoff; Erin, Maggie, Michael, Mary Kate, Jack, and Joe Kane; Thomas, Cecilia, James, John Paul, and Daniel Krienen; and her great-granddaughter, Claire Bookout.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am on Monday, July 1, at Corpus Christi R. C. Church, 901 New Road, Elsmere. Visitation will take place on Sunday, June 30, from 3:00-7:00 pm at Krienen Funeral Home, 1400 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington. Interment will be at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Down Syndrome Association of Delaware, PO Box 747, Middletown, DE 19707 or the Kidney Transplant Fund at Christiana Care, MAP II, Suite 224, 4735 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19713.
Krienen Funeral Home
302.994.9614
www.Delawarefuneral.com
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