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Household of Helena Virginia Alwood

She is married to Robert H. Stringfellow.

They got married on May 26, 1940 at Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, she was 19 years old.

Robert H. Stringfellow oo Helena Virginia Alwood

Marriage source: Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood chart, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, Jan MCMXCV) for fact of marriage.

Stringfellow, Helena, Stringfellow/Alwood FGS, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, vi June MCMLXXXV) for dom.

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree Revised & Updated 1996, (Carlisle, PA, Stringfellow, MCMXCVI), pg I-FGS-19, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for city of marriage. <>

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Notes about Helena Virginia Alwood

Helena Virginia Alwood

Source: Stringfellow, Helena, Alwood chart, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, Jan MCMXCV) for name, year of birth

Stringfellow, Helena, Letter to David A. Navorska, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, xvi Jan MCMXCV) for place of birth

Stringfellow, Helena, Stringfellow/Alwood FGS, (Carlisle PA, HVAS, vi June MCMLXXXIV) for middle name, dob

Residence Jan 1995: 11 Channel Dr Carlisle Pa 17013-1206

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree Revised & Updated 1996, (Carlisle, PA, Stringfellow, MCMXCVI), pg I-FGS-19, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for street address of birth = 117 HIGH ST.

Christened by Rev, Mark Stock

Perkins, Romona, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Gary IN, RP, ii Jan MMVI)

'Helena V. Stringfellow 1921 - 2005

Helena V. Stringfellow, 84, of Carlisle, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center.

She was born on Friday, Feb. 18, 1921, in Hanover, a daughter of the late Carl B. Alwood Sr. and Mary A. (Rutters) Alwood.

Helena was a transportation analyst with the Defense Depot in Mechanicsburg and retired after 20 years of service. She was a 1938 graduate of Carlisle High School and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Carlisle.

She was a past president of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post 101 and was a former Girl Scout and Brownie troop leader at her church. She was deeply devoted to her family and enjoyed researching her family genealogy.

She was preceded in death by a son, Robert John Stringfellow; two brothers, Carl B. Jr. and Raymond 'Dick' Alwood, who were both killed in action during World War II; and a sister, Patricia Ann Alwood.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Robert Stringfellow; sons, Dr. David A. Stringfellow of Auburn, Ala., and Joseph C. Stringfellow of Clinton, Conn.; a daughter, Virginia M.E. Walker of New Freedom; a brother, William J. Alwoodof Newville; a sister, Betty J. Murphy of Carlisle; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Dec. 31, at 1 p.m. in the St. Patrick Shrine Church, 140 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle, with the Rev. William J. Waltersheid officiating. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle.Visitation will be Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle.

Memorials can be made to her church' <>

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    Birthday February 18, 1921

    • The temperature on February 18, 1921 was between 4.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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    Christening day February 27, 1921

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    Day of marriage May 26, 1940

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    Day of burial December 31, 2005

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