Helena Mierzwa passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 13, 2022. The funeral will be graveside for immediate family. 

Helena was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1925. She survived Nazi occupation and labor camps and came to America with her infant daughter Lilia. In America, she worked diligently to make a good life for herself and her daughter. 

She married her husband (Walter) in 1958, and together they made a great family. They worked and traveled, and were so proud when Lilia went to college and graduated nursing school and married her husband (Evan Ginsberg). 

Helena loved gardening, dancing, needle craft and pottery - but the lights of her life were her grandchildren, Beth Holzman (Ben) and Benjamin Ginsberg (Adar). “Grandma Helen” particularly enjoyed making chocolate chip cookies and sending them specially wrapped to Boston and Southern California.

 

Helena was a strong person who lived a great life. She loved to travel and ultimately relocated to Vermont to be closer to family after leaving her New Jersey home of 45 years. She will be greatly missed. 

Contributions celebrating her life may be sent to: Bayada Foundation in support of Bayada Hospice care services.