Helen E. Confalone passed away peacefully at her home in Chatham on October 9, 2020. Born in Chatham in 1926, Helen was raised during the years of the Great Depression and World War II. She was chosen as Miss Chatham in 1943 and graduated from Chatham High School in 1944. After school, she worked for New England Telephone Company assigned to the Chatham Office. It was as a telephone operator that she met her husband, Pasquale A. “Pat” Confalone who was stationed at the United States Coast Guard Station in Chatham. They were married in December of 1946. Helen held several jobs during her life, but the one she was most proud of was the time she spent as a Police Matron and Crosswalk Guard for the Chatham Police Department.
Helen was predeceased by her husband, Pat Confalone, her parents Benjamin F. and Mary Rollins, her brother Dr. Franklin D. Rollins and his wife Eleanor, her daughter in law Christine Confalone, her sister Isabelle Reiss, and her brother Robert K. Rollins. She is survived by her son Anthony J. Confalone of Chatham, her daughters Mary Anne McGrath of Chatham, and Catherine M. Carhart and her husband Kenneth of Harwich, her sister Florence Wilde of St. Petersburg, FL, also Benjamin Rollins of Chatham and Geraldine Swanson of Southampton, MA, her Grandchildren, Anthony J. Confalone III and his wife Rose and their children William and Arthur; Joseph P. Confalone, Brian P. Confalone, Kara Slade and her husband Michael and their children Mason, Lincoln, and Lily, Kelly M. Turner and her husband Matthew. Kori O’Leary and her husband Jonathan and their children Declan and Henry along with many nieces and nephews.
There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Redeemer Church on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 10:00AM. The service will be private, so we invite you to view the service on The Holy Redeemer website at www.holyredeemerchatham.org Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Elder Services of Cape Cod in Helen’s name. For online condolences, please visit www.nickersonfunerals.com
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