| Helga Barisits |
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A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 440 St. Joseph St, Lancaster PA 17603 on Monday, September 8th,2008 at 11AM with Rev. Joseph C. Hilbert as Celebrant. There will be a viewing from 10AM until the time of the service. Interment will be in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Bausman. Contributions maybe made in Helga’s memory to St. Joseph Church Restoration Fund. Arrangements by the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home and Chapel Inc. Lititz Pike, Lititz PA. 560-5100. To send an online condolence, please visit www.snyderfuneralhome.com. |
Helga
Barisits, 85, passed away peacefully at home on September 4,
sixteen months after first being diagnosed with cancer. She
was born in Hoednitz, Moravia in 1923, and after being widowed
in 1944, married John F. Barisits. The couple returned to the
United States in 1954 and settled in Lancaster, where both
worked for RCA. Helga whose education was interrupted by the
war, received her B.A. in German from Millersville State
University in 1970 at the age of 47, and her Master’s Degree
two years later. She taught German in both the Middle school
and high school of Manheim Township for many years, and after
retiring continued to teach German to gifted 4th
grade students in various schools of the Hempfield School
District. She was a member of the Lancaster Liederkranz, and
in 1980 became a member of the Liederkranz Chorus. Helga
Barisits is survived by her husband, John , and her brother
Ernst Hochberger of Montgomery, Texas, as well as by her son
Michael Barisits and daughter, Margot Norris, her grandson
Josef Norris, and her great- grandson Adrian Norris. She lost
her beloved daughter, Irene Frantz, in 1992. Helga was greatly
loved for her charm, her warmth, and her kindness, and will be
sorely missed by her grieving family and many friends.