- Date Of Death: May 11, 2019
- State: Pennsylvania
/GYN. After moving to Broomall in 1967, Helene contributed primarily in the ICU of Haverford Hospital. At the time of her retirement she was a devoted nurse on the Substance Abuse Unit of Mercy Haverford.Helene was a member of St. Pius X Sodality and the Divine Mercy prayer group among other prayer groups; and she prayed the rosary nearly daily. She was a committed parent involved in a range of activities at both St. Pius X, where she was also a school nurse, and at Cardinal O’Hara High School, where she taught Health. Members of the South Marple Little League may remember “Mrs. Subach” as one of the Candy Stand Mothers from her years on the Women’s Auxiliary, and former Marple Junior Tigers may remember her as their team nurse.Helene enjoyed traveling and especially valued talking with the people she met on trips to England, France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Poland, Lithuania, Chile, Argentina, Florida, and Maine, among many other places. She cherished the times shared with her grandchildren on annual vacations in Duck, North Carolina. She had a beautiful voice and loved both singing and attending the theatre. She led the polka at many weddings. The traditional Polish-Lithuanian Christmas Eve dinner (“Wigilia-Kucios”) was one of the most important rituals that she shared with her family. She came from a long line of seamstresses and garment workers and inherited a talent for dressmaking. She was a power shopper, and her family will remember her refrain of: “It’s not a bargain unless you love it, it fits, and you are going to wear it!
