WEST PALM BEACH, FL ---- Helen Theresa Keogh, 91, of Windham, NH and West Palm Beach, FL, formerly of Burlington, MA, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Gilford, NH.
Helen was born on December 14, 1931, in Elizabeth, NJ, the daughter of Charles and Rose (O’Donnell) Boyle.
She was a graduate of St. Mary’s of Assumption High School in Elizabeth, NJ. She loved being a stay-at-home mother and grandmother. Helen was known to be sweet, calm, caring, and patient. She loved traveling, especially to Ireland and Hawaii.
Helen enjoyed baking, Irish step dancing, shopping, and going to lunch with friends and family. She will be forever missed for her kindness, love for life, and the cutest laugh.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Patricia Keogh of West Palm Beach, FL, Colleen Tardif and her husband Paul, of Windham, NH, and her son William Keogh and his wife Kathleen of Holliston, MA, seven grandchildren, Kevin, Rosie, Courtney, Christopher, Kara, Michael, and Charlie, four great-grandchildren, thirteen nieces, and ten nephews. In addition to her parents, Helen is predeceased by her beloved husband William Bransfield Keogh, her son James ‘Jimmy’ Keogh, grandson Shawn Keogh, sisters, Ann Boyle, Frances Heath, and Rose Marie Kulpa, and her brother James Boyle.
The family would like to thank Lakes Region VNA for their loving care.
There will be no Calling Hours.
A Funeral Service will be celebrated on Thursday, July 6, 2023, at 10:00am, at the Immaculate Conception Parish Church, 600 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148.
Burial will follow Mass at Forest Dale Cemetery, 150 Forest Street, Malden, MA 02148.
The family asks that memorial donations be made in Helen’s name to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services/603Cremations.com, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH, 03246, is assisting the family with arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial, please visit wilkinsonbeane.com.