Helen Swestock Pellish

December 4, 1926 - April 22, 2022

Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Helen Swestock Pellish, passed away at Our House Memory Care on April 22, 2022. She was born on December 4, 1926 in the coal-mining town of Keisterville, PA, to George and Mary Swestock. Helen moved to New York with her sisters when she was 16. She married Michael (Mickey) Pellish in 1944, and had two children, Rosalie, and Michael. Helen and Mickey spent most of their lives in Lake Hiawatha and Parsippany, NJ, where Helen worked many years as a waitress at IHOP and Mickey as chef. Helen was vibrant, resourceful person with a sunny disposition. She loved her family, traveling with Mickey, and playing bingo at their Baldwin Oaks Apartments in NJ. For the last 3 years, Helen resided at Autumn Village and Our House in Menomonie to be closer to her daughter, Rosalie. She is survived by her children; Rosalie (Richard) Werner, and Michael (Mary) Pellish; grandchildren, Cindi (Greg) Newman, Matthew (Leslie) Werner, Bryan Pellish, Kathy Smith, Sara (Matt) D’Alessandro, and Amy (Ross) Gercie; and 14 great grandchildren (Tia, Shannon, Savannah, Mason, Joey, Zach, Jocelyn, Willow, Lucy, Sonny, Cassidy, Ross Jr., Blake, Jolene). She was preceded in death by Mickey in 1995, her husband of 50 years, her parents, and all her siblings (Mary, Martha, Sam, Julie, Pauline, Sophie, Elizabeth, Ann, George and John). Our family is grateful to Autumn Village, Our House, and St. Croix Hospice for their helpfulness, kindness, and care of our beloved Helen. Helen’s memorial service will be held at 11:00a.m. on Friday, May 20, 2022, at Olson’s Funeral Home in Menomonie, WI. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at a later date in June at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, New Jersey, with a family graveside service.