Helen M. (Porada) Barrett

Her parents, Mary (Perlowski) and Peter Porada, Sr. welcomed their daughter into the world on February 25, 1927, in Ashuelot, NH. She grew up in West Swanzey and was a graduate of Keene High School.

Helen worked in retail sales for twenty-two years with the former JJ Newbury Department Store and Woolworth Department Store, both in Keene.

She was a life member of the VFW Keene Post #799 Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening and yard work; taking long walks; and traveling. She was also an avid reader. Helen found a very special place in her heart for her cats.

She will be greatly missed by her sister-in-law, Marilyn Porada of West Swanzey; several cousins including Evelyn Modzelewski of CT, Mary Jane Lynch and her husband, John, of CT, Eugene Piurkowski and his wife, Dianne, of Rindge, NH, and Cecelia Lofton and her husband, Elmer, of VA. Helen was predeceased by her husband of 31 years, Willard Barrett, in November of 1982; and a brother, Peter Porada, Jr. in October of 2016.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 11:00am in St. Bernard Church, 185 Main Street, Keene. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Main Street, Keene. Family and friends are invited to call on Thursday evening from 5:00 to 7:00pm in the Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court Street, Keene. All those in attendance at the calling hours are required to wear facemasks.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mrs. Barrett’s memory to the Monadnock Humane Society, 101 West Swanzey Road, West Swanzey, NH 03446; or to the Alzheimer’s Association Mass. & NH Chapter, 309 Waverly Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02452.