Helen Chico Killeen, 99, passed away on Dec. 17, 2022, after a long, industrious life. She was born the first of 11 children to Samuel and Julia Dinardi Chico on July 14, 1923, in Morgantown. The funeral liturgy will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church, at 1 p.m. with Msgr. Dean Borgmeyer. Rite of Interment will take place at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington. She graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School and from WVU with a degree in education and home economics. She later attended Marshall University and received a degree in dietetics. Mrs. Killeen taught home economics in area high schools and worked as a dietitian at St. Mary’s Hospital and taught dietetics at Marshall University.
She married Bernard J. Killeen and they raised three beautiful daughters, Susan Conner, Anne Murphy and Michelle Larsen.
She has three terrific grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews who loved her, will miss her and always remember her unbeatable chocolate chip cookie bars. Helen was an excellent cook, baker, candy maker, carpenter and upholsterer, tailor and bridge player and enjoyed winning at bridge. But most importantly, she loved Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. Her family will miss her and are assured she is in the loving arms of God.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard, and her daughter, Anne. Friends may call at St. Joseph Catholic Church from 11 a.m. until the service time on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Reger Funeral Home in Huntington, is assisting the family. The family would like to thank the staff at Wyngate Barboursville, for their loving care.
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