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 J. Haluska of Albany (16 NOV 1912 - 28 DEC 1999)
- John Michael Haluska of Milton (Ulster Co.) (29 SEP 1914 - 5 DEC 1996)
- Charles V. Haluska of East Berne, (12 FEB 1919 - 20 JAN 2004) father of Stanley Haluska
- Frank Haluska of Loudonville
- Elsie Megas of Albany (9 AUG 1917 - 30 MAY 1989)
- Martha Garry of Knox
- Dorothy Robinson of Clarksyille (ABT 1927 - 31 MAR 2009)
- Emily Chase of East Berne
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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 HALUSKA 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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