Helen Antonette Eckelberry, 80, Vienna, passed away Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, at the University Missouri Medical Center in Columbia.
She was born Sept. 12, 1943, to the late Andrew James and Annabelle Josephine (Caffrey) Bedrosian in St. Louis.
She was united in marriage to Jack Lee Eckelberry Dec. 4, 1982, in the state of Ohio.
Helen worked as a factory worker for Brown Shoe Company, worked in the clerical field, was a Bi-State bus driver in St. Louis, an over-the-road truck driver, a grocery store deli worker, house cleaner, nursing home food industry worker, and for the last seven years at Quaker Window Products in Freeburg.
She was preceded in death by husband, Jack; parents, Andrew and Annabelle; siblings, Robert Bedrosian, Virginia Armstrong, Jack Bedrosian and Annabelle Niemeyer.
Helen is survived by son, Kevin Hayes of Vienna; daughter, Tammy Maasen and husband Tom of Freeburg; stepsons, Rodger Eckelberry of Bexley, Ohio, Tony Eckelberry and wife Christina and stepdaughter, Theresa Powell and husband Duane, all of West Jefferson, Ohio; brothers, Andrew Bedrosian and wife Susan of Dixon, Jim Bedrosian and John Bedrosian and wife Jamie, all of St. Louis; sister, Patricia Beck of Rolla; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, April 5, at Visitation Catholic Church in Vienna with Rev. Basil Tigga and Rev. Matthew Flatley officiating.
Arrangements entrusted to Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home in Vienna.
