Helen Connell Mccafferty

Helen Connell McCafferty, 87, of Morgantown, died Friday, April 6, 2012, at her home. She was born September 16, 1924, in Butler, Pa., daughter of the late John Turner Connell and Carrie Boulden Connell. Her father served 40 years as superintendent of schools in Butler, PA, involving his daughters in education from a very young age. Helen graduated from Grove City College with a bachelor's degree in education in 1945. She completed her master's degree at the University of Pittsburgh. Helen taught high school in Freeport, Oil City and Cranberry, Pa. In 1949, she married Robert E. McCafferty of Butler. The couple lived in Baltimore, MD from 1952-1959 and Lexington, KY from 1959-1965. She did volunteer work at the new University of Kentucky Medical Center and taught kindergarten at Second Presbyterian Church. In 1965, she came to Morgantown and continued her volunteering at the WVU Medical Center and as a life member of the Morgantown Service League. A member of Suncrest United Methodist Church Drummond Chapel Campus, she volunteered in the church office for many years. She is survived by a daughter and spouse, Carolyn and John Moses, of Louisville, Ky.; a brother-in-law and spouse, Victor Kenneth and Leah Rae McCafferty, of Butler, Pa.; four nephews and spouses, Brian and Ruth and Kevin and Sandra McCafferty, all of Butler, Robert A. McCafferty and spouse, Jodi, of Slippery Rock, Pa., and David M. Patterson, of Annapolis, Md.; a niece, Margaret Patterson Leous and husband, Paul, of Clarence, N.Y. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Dr. Robert E. McCafferty and a sister and brother-in-law, Betty Connell Patterson and Maurice R. Patterson. Friends may call at Suncrest United Methodist Church, Drummond Chapel Campus, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 11. Thursday, April 12 there will be an 11 a.m. service with the Rev. Tim Halloran officiating. Burial will be in Northside Cemetery in Butler, PA.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:00 AM

Suncrest United Methodist Church, Drummond Chapel Campus 479 Van Voorhis Road morgantown, wv 26505

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Suncrest United Methodist Church, Drummond Chapel Campus 479 Van Voorhis Road morgantown, wv 26505

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Northisde Cemetery butler, pa