Avid reader and dedicated churchgoer enjoyed storytelling
Helen Ross died Sept. 17, 2019. Born Helen Patricia Lewis in Manhattan 93 years ago, she was the devoted wife to the late John Harold Ross and loving mother to Robert George Ross and his partner Karen Ayoub of Medford, Mass., sister to Katherine Hammerman of Laguna, Calif., and aunt to numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen had a lively personality and a love of storytelling which would weave the past into other people's lives. An avid reader, she had to forfeit her love of books due to a gradual visual impairment.
Helen was an dedicated churchgoer with a strong interest in her congregation's future and past.
Viewing will be Sunday, Sept. 22, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at Casey McCallum Rice South Shore Funeral Home. Funeral is 10 a.m. Monday, Sept.23, at Christ Lutheran Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cornish Christian Education Fund, c/o Christ Lutheran Church, 121 Cleveland Ave., Staten Island, N.Y. 10308.