Helen Vestal-Berry, 74 of Marengo, formerly of Chicago died peacefully, June 3, 2013 with her family by her side.
A visitation will be held Friday from 3:00 to 8:00pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral Home -10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. A funeral service will be held 11:00am Saturday, with visitation one hour pior at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church-10805 Main Street, Huntley. Burial will be held at Union Ridge Cemetery in Chicago privately. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Grafton Food Pantry, Shepherd of the Prairie Church or Lutheran World Relief.
Helen was born March 17, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Charles and Rose (Miller) Berndl. On October 17, 1959 she married Richard Vestal, he died in 1978. On March 9, 1985 she married John “Jack” Berry. Helen worked for Wright College from 1981-1999 retiring as the Assistant Dean of Research in Planning. She was a member of the McHenry County Historical Society, Questers and was a very active member of Shepherd of the Prairie Church.
She is survived by her husband, John “Jack” Berry, her daughters, Sheryl (Angelo) Martell, Laura Fiaccato, Christy (Jim) Bury, by her grandchildren; Allison, Samantha, Michael, Anthony, Payton, Matthew, and Mikayla. She is also survived by her sister, Diane(John) Button and many nieces and nephews.
Helen is preceded in death by her parents and by her first husband, Richard.
For further information please call the funeral home at 847-515-8772 or on-line condolences may be directed to www.defiorejorgensen.com
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Sheryl , Im sorry about your mom passing. She was such a pretty lady, like her daughter. Try to find comfort in knowing our Lord Jesus is holding her in his arms now . They look down from heaven to see you and guide you. She has no pain or sadness, just happiness and peace knowing she made the world a better place because she lived.
I really liked your mom. She was a very warm-hearted spirit, someone I remember fondly from my days at Our Savior. Thanks for sharing her with us.
May it comfort you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with you at this sad time. Our sincere condolences.
Please accept my sympathy in the loss of your mom. She was a very strong but gentle woman whom you could be very proud to call Mom. She will be missed by all of you.
We offer our sympathy with your loss. Ralph was part of the original churchschool group with all of the kids going to school. I met Helen later and when we could get together with the GANG. Helen was a warm gentle person and we so enjoyed her company, Jack the loss of a spouse is so hard. Girls the loss of your Mom, nothing we can say . Our prayers are with all of you.