Helen F. Piripavel

Helen F. Kupis Piripavel, 86 , died on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the home of her son Edward with whom she resided with in East Allen Township. She was born in Bethlehem, PA and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Jennie Yastremzski Kupis. Helen was the widow of Michael Piripavel who died in 1995.



Helen was a homemaker. She was a member of the 3rd Order of Carmalites and Our Lady of Fatima and the Altar Society at the former St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bethlehem. She was a member of Notre Dame Catholic Church, Bethlehem.

Helen will be lovingly remembered by her sons Edward and his wife Marie, of East Allen Township, and Michael and his wife Janet of Lower Nazareth Township and daughter Frances Piripavel of Bethlehem, a brother Joseph Kupis of Bethlehem eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. She is predeceased by a sister Josephine Ackerman.

Visitation will be at Connell Funeral Home, Inc. on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Notre Dame Catholic Church, Bethlehem on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Memorials can be made to Hospice of the VNA of St. Luke's, 1510 Valley Parkway St. 200, Bethlehem, PA 18017