New Middletown – Helen Clair Adams passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023 at Mercy Hospital after a short illness.

Helen was born on July 7, 1936 in Roane County, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Edgar G. and Hazel McCoy Crites.

She attended Freedom Church in New Middletown where she enjoyed making peanut butter eggs for the Easter season. Helen was a loving homemaker who loved to cook, bake, garden, watch Hallmark movies, do word searches, and keep her house clean. She also enjoyed feeding the birds and all the neighborhood cats.

Helen will be deeply missed by her children, Judy (Ron) Stacy, and Michael Adams; Grandchildren, Ryan (Katlin) Stacy, Emily (Michael) Ciccone:  Great grandchildren, Louis Ciccone and Emilio Ciccone and sisters Betty Tatterson and Connie Donati and grand dog Cate.

Besides her parents, Helen was preceded in death by her husband John A. Adams, whom she married on July 13, 1961 and who passed away May 14, 1981; sisters Mary Capuzza, Iva Jane Vannest and brothers Joe McCoy and Jim Crites, also her beloved pets Duffy and Buffy and grand dog Maggie.

Family and friends may visit from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday Dec. 15, 2023 at Clemente Funeral Home in New Middletown and from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday Dec. 16, 2023. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home, officiated by Reverends Oliver and  Emily  Beans.

Burial will take place at Poland Riverside Cemetery

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