Helen M. Alexander,
94, of Boise, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in a local care center of natural
causes.
Helen was a devoted
and loving daughter, sister, and friend.
Having been born and lived her whole life in Boise, she was a member of
Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, as well as Philo Ptochos, “Friends
of the Poor”.
She attended Boise
schools and was a graduate of Central Elementary, Boise High, and Link’s
Business College. Her working career
spanned more than forty years, most of the time as an employee of the Army Air
Force at Gowen Field and the Bureau of Reclamation in Boise.
Helen was preceded
in death by her parents, Michael and Bella Mastoris Alexander, a brother,
Aleck, two sisters-in-law, Elli Tremulis Alexander and Pauline Lakos Alexander,
and a brother-in-law, William Kanellis.
She is survived by
her sisters, Mary Kanellis and Jennie Nikitas of San Francisco, CA and her
brothers, Nicholas Alexander of San Diego, CA and Chris Alexander of
Boise; as well as more than forty
nieces, nephews, and cousins living in California, Arizona, Idaho, Utah and
Florida.
She will be
remembered for her kind and caring nature, as well as being an avid reader and
movie fan.
A Trisagion Service
will be held today (Sunday), March 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Alden-Waggoner
Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be
held 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 26, 2012 at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek
Orthodox Church. A funeral luncheon will
immediately follow the service with burial to follow at Morris Hill Cemetery.