Helen K. Fonk

Helen English Fonk, 91 of Vernon Hills, IL formerly of Waukegan, IL and Mountain Home, AR passed away on September 19, 2014 at Autumn Leaves Memory Care Community in Vernon Hills. Helen was born March 14, 1923 in North Chicago, IL. After graduation from Waukegan Township High School in 1941, Helen was employed at Abbott, most of her life. She retired in 1985 with her husband Val to Mountain Home AR. Helen and Val moved back to Lake County in 2004 to be closer to family. Helen was a member of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Assn. She was preceded in death by her first husband Purlin English Jr., her parents Joseph and Susanna Krall, her sisters Olga Szymusiak of Englewood FL, Anne Hapke of Venice FL, and Mary Krall of Ocala FL. She is survived by her husband Val Fonk, son, Steven (Carole) English Sr. of Zion IL, her daughter, Susan (Mark) English-Kovar of Loudon TN, grandsons, Steven English Jr, and Andrew Kovar; and great-grandsons Taylor and Drew English. Funeral mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 15000 Wadsworth Rd., Wadsworth, IL Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. Burial: Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville. Visitation 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2014, at Marsh Funeral Home 305 N. Cemetery Rd. Gurnee.