| Sister Helen Elizabeth Szotak |
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| Monday, 30 January 2012 14:14 | |||
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WEST HARTFORD – Sister Helen Elizabeth Szotak (Sister Mary Emery), a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, West Hartford, died on Jan. 10, 2012, at the order’s provincial house. She was 97 and had been in religious life for 81 years. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Oct. 15, 1930, and professed her perpetual vows on Aug. 24, 1936. After earning a teaching diploma, Sister Helen taught for 41 years in many schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford and the Diocese of Bridgeport. After teaching, she ministered in the office at Sacred Heart Academy in Stamford and then worked for 19 years as a mail clerk in human resources at St. Joseph Hospital in Stamford. She then volunteered for an after-school program in Stamford for several years until her retirement to the provincial house in 2007. Sister Helen was predeceased by a sister, Irene Kezel, and a niece. She is survived by her religious community, a niece, three nephews and a grandniece. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Jan. 13 in the chapel of the Convent of Mary Immaculate. Interment was in the Sisters of St. Joseph Cemetery in West Hartford. Donations in Sister Helen’s memory may be sent to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 27 Park Road, West Hartford, CT 06119.
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