Helen M. Mahoney, 95, of Elk Haven Nursing Home, St. Marys and formerly of Marienstadt Place, St. Marys and High Street, Johnsonburg died late Saturday night, December 31, 2022 at Elk Haven following a brief illness.

Her family feels now that they are sure she is in heaven. She was born on March 26, 1927 in St. Marys a daughter to the late Leo and Mary Bauer Feldbauer. When both her parents passed away when she was 7, she was raised in the home of the late Joseph and Mary Feldbauer Uhl whom she considered second parents.

Growing up in St.Marys, she attended St. Marys Catholic Schools. On July 24, 1948 in St. Mary’s Church in Pittsburgh, she married Robert A. Mahoney. He preceded her in death on December 25, 1996.

Helen was a member of Holy Rosary Church, the Johnsonburg Senior Center, Central Hose and the St. Marys Senior Center. She loved being a homemaker, taking care of her family and friends, especially on their birthdays when she would have parties and bake for them. She felt that later in life she was born again into her Christian Faith. She loved flowers, playing cards and bingo and getting home in time to watch her detective shows. She desperately missed her beloved dogs Casey and Amos. 

Helen is survived by sons Robert A. Mahoney, Jr. and his wife Virginia “Ginny” of Johnsonburg, Thomas P. Mahoney and his wife Ellen of Penfield and Kenneth A. Mahoney and his wife Arlene of St. Marys. She is also survived by her grandchildren Carie Simbeck and fiancé Brad Hauber, Trisha Mahoney, Suzi Mahoney and fiancé Shannon Leach and Mandy, Mrs. Ryan Murphy and great-grandchildren Alyssa Simbeck and fiancé Alex Herzing and Braeden and Brooks Murphy. 

In addition to her parents, step-parents and husband, Helen is predeceased by a grandson Robbie Mahoney, a brother Roger Feldbauer and sisters Rita Nightway, Agnes Peters, Alice Young, Rose Rippy and step-brothers Norbert and George Uhl.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Helen M. Mahoney will be conducted at Holy Rosary Church, Johnsonburg on Thursday January 5, 2023 at 10:30 AM with Fr. David Wilson as celebrant. Interment will be in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Johnsonburg.

Friends will be received at the Anthony F Ferragine Funeral Home and Cremation Services Chapel, 401 Chestnut Street Johnsonburg, PA on Thursday morning from 9 to 10:15 AM.

If desired, memorial contributions should be made in her memory to Holy Rosary Church, 606 Penn St., Johnsonburg, 15845, the Elk County Humane Society, 1029 Eschbach Rd., St. Marys, PA 15857 or to the charity of ones choice.