Obituary for Helen Jackson
Helen Vladika Jackson, 102, of East Windsor, New Jersey, who formerly resided in Springfield, New Jersey died Saturday September 21, 2019 at the Meadow Lakes Senior Living Complex in East Windsor, New Jersey. She was the widow of Walter E. Jackson.
Born on July 20, 1917 in Eynon, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Helen Yetsenko Vladika.
Educated in Archbald schools, prior to retirement she was employed as a laboratory worker for CIBA-Geigy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now Novartis) in Summit, New Jersey. Helen was a parishioner of Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Hightstown, New Jersey and was for many years a communicant at Saint James the Apostle Church in Springfield. She had been a member of the Saint James Seniors and the Springfield Township Seniors Groups.
She is survived by her son Robert Jackson and wife Catherine, along with their daughter Julia Santucci; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by siblings John, Michael, George, Andrew, and Joseph Vladika, and Mary Gasper.
Divine Liturgy will be Friday at 9:30 am in Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church, First Avenue, Jessup. Interment will follow at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill.
Friends and family may pay their respects Friday morning from 8:15 – 9:00 in the Arthur A. Albini Funeral Home, 1003 Church St., Jessup. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the donors favorite charity.
Born on July 20, 1917 in Eynon, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Helen Yetsenko Vladika.
Educated in Archbald schools, prior to retirement she was employed as a laboratory worker for CIBA-Geigy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now Novartis) in Summit, New Jersey. Helen was a parishioner of Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Hightstown, New Jersey and was for many years a communicant at Saint James the Apostle Church in Springfield. She had been a member of the Saint James Seniors and the Springfield Township Seniors Groups.
She is survived by her son Robert Jackson and wife Catherine, along with their daughter Julia Santucci; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by siblings John, Michael, George, Andrew, and Joseph Vladika, and Mary Gasper.
Divine Liturgy will be Friday at 9:30 am in Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church, First Avenue, Jessup. Interment will follow at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill.
Friends and family may pay their respects Friday morning from 8:15 – 9:00 in the Arthur A. Albini Funeral Home, 1003 Church St., Jessup. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the donors favorite charity.