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February 16, 2010
Helen Smeden, 97, a lifelong resident of Exeter, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, at the Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre.
Born on August 14, 1912, in West Pittston, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Mary Smith Fenner.
Helen was a member of St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston, and had been employed in the local garment industry, where she was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Nello Blasi, and second husband, Peter Smeden; sisters Ann Fenner and Mary Zalepa; and brothers Paul, Andrew, John and Jerome Fenner.
Surviving are son Daniel Blasi and his wife, Donalee, Clarks Green, and Earl N. Blasi and his wife, Dana, Greer, South Carolina. Also surviving are sisters Margaret Khanna, Stroudsburg, and Ethel Chiampi, Wyoming; grandchildren Carla Gorman, Dawn Marie Blasi Castain, Daniel Blasi Jr., and Earl N. Blasi II; and great-grandchildren, Autum Marie and Joshua Blasi and Chloe and Thomas Castain.
Private funeral services will be held Friday from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. The Rev. Joseph Bertha, pastor of St. Michael’s Byzantine Church, will officiate.
Entombment will be in Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville.