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Funeral Service Conducted for Helen Casey
MILWAUKEE, WI (October 3, 2003) - A funeral service was conducted Friday at the
Evangelical Covenant Church of Milwaukee for ordained Covenant minister
Helen (Hunsinger) Casey, who died last Saturday (September 27) at the age
of 73. Pastor Tim LaHann officiated.
Born March 23, 1930, in Chicago, Casey went to North Park Junior College in
Chicago and finished her undergraduate education at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois, earning a teaching degree with a specialization in
science. She then earned a Masters degree from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee and took courses in botany at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison.
Casey became a teacher in West Bend, Wisconsin, and taught at other schools
in Milwaukee, serving as a teaching assistant at UW-Milwaukee and other
adult education classes, but she always had ministry on her mind. She
earned a Master of Divinity from North Park Theological Seminary, became a
chaplain at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee and was ordained by
the Evangelical Covenant Church in 1985. Later she served at DePaul
Rehabilitation Center in Milwaukee and eventually became the head of
pastoral care there. After the hospital closed, she continued to meet with
the chapel group she formed at DePaul, Serenity Chapel, at the homes of the
members.
An active member of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Milwaukee, Casey and
her husband, Donald, had been living in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee.
She was very active on the board at Mayfair Interfaith and volunteered at
many other places, said a family member during Friday's service. Her
hobbies included bicycling, scuba diving, singing and playing the guitar
and piano.
Casey is survived by her husband of 45 years, daughters Linda (Dale)
Myszewski and Kathleen (Robert) Dionne, sister Phyllis Blackard and
grandchildren Dale II, Andy, Patrick and Joshua Myszewski and Matthew and
David Dionne. Helen's parents and a grandson, Daniel, preceded her in
death.
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