HELEN DENISTRAN

August 18, 1926 - December 4, 2013

Helen Denistran, 87, of Oak Ridge, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. She was born in Passaic, NJ to Caroline (nee Wrobel) and George Pawelek. Helen married Michael Denistran in 1946 and together they raised their two daughters in Garfield, NJ. They remained there for most of their married life, and the last fifteen years she resided in Oak Ridge. Prior to 1952, Mrs. Denistran was employed as a key punch operator for Hoffmann-LaRoche in Nutley, NJ. Mrs. Denistran was a faithful parishioner of St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church in Oak Ridge, NJ. She will best be remembered for her love of reading, her devotion to her family, especially her granddaughter Sarah, and the constant company of her cat, Missy. Mrs. Denistran was predeceased by her beloved husband Michael in 1996. She is survived by her loving daughters Patricia Horwitz and her husband Bill of Oak Ridge, NJ and Kathy Golden and her husband Dennis of Vernon Township, NJ, and her cherished granddaughter Sarah Jean Horwitz of Malden, MA, as well as several dear nieces and nephews. The family will receive visitors on Friday, December 6, 2013 from 4-8pm at the Stickle-Soltesz Funeral Home, 187 LaRue Road, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 (GPS use 1 Post Place, Newfoundland, NJ). A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 9:30am at St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church, 5635 Berkshire Valley Road, Oak Ridge, NJ 07438. Following the church mass she will be interred beside her husband in St. Michael’s Cemetery in South Hackensack, NJ. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her name to: American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or to: ASPCA, c/o Linda Tiramani, 520 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, NYC, NY. 10018 On line condolences and directions: www.sticklesolteszfuneralhome.com