Helen Mascenik, 99, Enjoyed Bingo and Crossword Puzzles
Helen Mascenik (nee Dobrin), 99, of Sheffield Township, passed away Sunday March 3, 2019 while under the care of Hospice of the Western Reserve at Huntington Woods in Westlake after a lengthy illness.
She was born on May 29, 1919 in Lorain and was a graduate of Clearview High School in Sheffield Township. She married her high school sweetheart, Paul P. Mascenik in 1942 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Lorain. She was very active in her church and was a founding member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church of Elyria as well as a member of the Altar and Rosary Society and Holy Trinity Lodge Branch #533. She enjoyed her friends, bingo, crossword puzzles, and was a marvelous baker. Helen was employed at General Industries and Sears in Elyria.
Upon retirement she and her husband moved from their home in Lorain, OH to Tucson, AZ where they enjoyed the beautiful weather, friends and traveled throughout the southwest. She was a member of the Mother of Sorrows Church in Tucson and the K-C Ettes of Tucson. Upon her husband’s death, she moved back to Lorain to be with her family and many friends.
She is survived by her children Geraldine (John) Lawson and Paul E. Mascenik; six grandchildren, five great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul P. Mascenik in 1992, daughter Diana, parents, Anna (nee Prudian) and George Dobrin; brothers and sisters: George Dobrin, Ann Dobrin, Romey Dobrin, Sylvia Bell, and Evelyn DiSilvester.
A private service will be held in Tucson, AZ with interment next to her husband at Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Ave, Lorain. Online condolences may be made at www.gluvna.net.