Helen Wanda (Lucas) Honoski, 95, widow of Francis Joseph Honoski of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, passed away March 10,2019.
Born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, December 12,1923, the daughter of the late Leo I. and Stella. (Jakabowski) Lucas, she grew up in Attleboro and attended Bridgewater College, graduating with honors.
Upon graduation from Bridgewater, Helen was recruited by the United States government to go to Washington D.C. to work under General Montgomery in the final months of World War II. After the war she retuned to Attleboro teaching elementary students at the Bliss School on Park Street. She taught for seven years before moving to Old Greenwich , Connecticut where she began teaching elementary school in the Greenwich school system. After the move she got her master’s degree from the University of Connecticut. Helen taught in the Greenwich school system for 34 years before retiring.
Helen is survived by her devoted niece Barbara Ann Lucas of Hopedale, and her two nephews Francis Leo Lucas, Jr of Bristolville,Ohio and Arthur Richard Lucas of Hopedale.
She is also survived by her two brothers-in-law George Hojonoski and his wife Mary and Robert Hojonoski and their families. Helen will be cremated, and her ashes will be placed with her late husband Francis in the Massachusetts National Veterans Cemetery in Bourne, MA.
Arrangements are under the care of the Ginley Funeral Home of Franklin, MA (www.ginleyfuneralhomes.com)