Helenmay Eileen Patricia Pohlig, of Bellmawr
Friday, July 17, 2009
POHLIG,Helenmay Eileen Patricia (Nee Ryan), on July 13, 2009 surrounded by family at her home, age 88 of Bellmawr, New Jersey, formerly of Colwyn, Pennsylvania; born February 18, 1921; devoted daughter of the late Leo Michael Ryan and Helen Isabelle Ryan (nee Mercer); pre-deceased by her loving husband Frederick Walter Pohlig; beloved sister of Beatrice Warren (Albert), the late Leonia Greenleaf, and the late Mildred Frazier; loving mother of Suzanne M. Belmont (Albert) and Frederick L. Pohlig; loving grandmother to Jeannette M. Taulman (Joseph), Claudia I. Pohlig, Frederick L. Pohlig, Jr. and Albert M. Belmont, III (Marie); also survived by 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Worked in the trust department for Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia for more than 25 years. She lived much of her life in Darby and Colwyn, Pennsylvania until she moved to Bellmawer, NJ. A loving mother and grandmother, she helped raise three generations of Pohligs. She will be remembered for her abiding love, caring and thoughtfulness for her family, her devotion to her husband Frederick, her junkets to neighborhood flea markets and her hospitality at her wonderfully and carefully furnished homes. Family and friends are invited to her Viewing July 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. St. Agnes Church, 701 Little Gloucester Rd., Blackwood, NJ 08012 followed by Mass of Christian Burial at St. Agnes Church 11:00 a.m. Interment New St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr, NJ. In lieu of flowers, contributions to John Tracy Clinic, 806 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA. Funeral under the direction of EUGENE J. ZALE FUNERAL HOME, INC. of STRATFORD, NJ PH: 856-783-5100.