Haluska, Helen

Birth

Helen Haluska was born March 6, 1915, in New Jersey, the daughter of the late John and Mary Stemple Haluska. Their children were:

• Joseph Haluska of Albany
• John Haluska of Milton (Ulster Co.)
• Charles Haluska of East Berne
• Frank Haluska of Albany;
• Elise Megas late of Albany
• Martha Garry of Knox
• Dorothy Robinson of Clarksyille
• Emily Chase of East Berne

Marriage & Children

Helen Haluska married Orville Z. Crooks on Dec. 16, 1937.

Death

Helen Haluska Crooks, 78, died Feb. 28 in Clinton (Oneida Co.) after a long illness.

Obituary

HELEN HALUSEA CROOKS

EAST BERNE — Helen Haluska Crooks, 78, died Feb. 28 in Clinton (Oneida Co.) after a long illness.

She was born March 6, 1915, in New Jersey, the daughter of the late John and Mary Stemple Haluska, and moved to East Berne when she was seven. On Dec. 16, 1937 she married Orville Z. Crooks. Since 1955, the couple have lived in Utica, Florida and, for the past 10 years, in Clinton. She was a member of the Utica Curling Club.

Survivors include her husband, Orville Z. Crooks; a daughter, Mary Jane Toussaint; four brothers — Joseph Haluska of Albany, John Haluska of Milton (Ulster Co.), Charles Haluska of East Berne and Frank Haluska of Albany; three sisters ---Martha Garry of Knox, Dorothy Robinson of Clarksyille and Emily Chase of East Berne; three grandchildren-Michael Toussaint of Mesa, Ariz., Janine Jaquays and Luarie Toussaint Swentdn, both of Waterville; and six great-grandchildren — Brandon and Ryan Toussaint, Jarrod, Monicia and Taylor Jaquays and John Toussaint.

A_sister, Elise Megas, late of Albany, pre-deceased her.

Funeral service was this afternoon from the Kloster-Northrop Funeral Home in Waterville, with burial in St, Bernard's Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice, or the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

Altamont Enterprise - March 3, 1994

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