Helen Pauline Sartin, 91, formerly of Main Street, Jenkins Township, and a resident of Meadows Manor, Dallas, passed peacefully into eternal life on Friday morning, January 01, 2021, at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Inpatient Unit, Dunmore.

Her beloved husband was the late Sherman L. Sartin, who passed away on December 20, 2008. Together, Sherman and Helen shared 58 beautiful years of marriage.

Born on May 20, 1929, in Jenkins Township, Helen was the youngest of nine children born to the late Frank and Helen (Biestek) Niemiec.

A resident of Jenkins Township most of her life, Helen was a graduate of the former Jenkins Township High School, Class of 1946, where she was a majorette. For many years, she, along with her husband, were active with the Jenkins Township Republican Party and the Jenkins Township Lions Club.

Prior to her retirement, Helen was employed for 19 years as an executive secretary for Schott Optical Manufacturing, Duryea.

A devout Catholic, Helen was a longtime member of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains Township, where she was a past member of its Altar and Rosary Society, and also served as an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, administering Holy Communion at Masses, hospitals, and the homes of the sick. She and her husband also led the church Bible Study group; taught the Pre-Cana courses; helped with counting the church collections; and were both active with the church bazaars, which her husband chaired for 10 years. She and her husband were also actively involved with the Diocese of Scranton Marriage Encounter program. In more recent years, Helen attended Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Swoyersville, with her son, Edward, and his family.

Helen was a vivacious woman who was known to be the life of the party and to always be impeccably dressed. She and her husband shared a love for dancing and they enjoyed their many years of line dancing with the Circle 8’ers.

An avid sports enthusiast, Helen was a great fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Eagles. In the early years of her marriage when the family resided in New Jersey, Helen coached little league baseball.

Above all, Helen was exceptionally devoted to her family, and the love she had for her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren was boundless. She was most certainly the best grandmother and great-grandmother one could ask for! Although her presence will be deeply missed, there is much joy in knowing she is reunited in Heaven with her husband and all her family and friends who have gone before her.

In addition to her parents, Frank and Helen Niemiec, and her husband, Sherman, Helen was preceded in death by her only brother, John Niemiec; and her seven sisters, Sophie Ruskey, Agnes Niemiec, Nellie Pascoe, Josephine Lapsansky, Theresa Niemiec, Hedwig Gill, and Mary Kosuth.

Helen is survived by her son, Edward N. Sartin Sr. and his wife, Jean, Swoyersville; her daughter, Theresa Grant and her husband, Donnie, Greensboro, North Carolina; her three grandchildren, Heather Sartin; Edward Sartin Jr. and his wife, Julie; and Thomas Sartin and his wife, Ayelet; her five great-grandchildren, Haley Sartin, John Sartin, Edward “Eddie” Sartin III, Emilia Sartin, and Langston Henderson; as well as generations of nieces and nephews.

Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend Helen’s walk-through viewing which will be held on Friday, January 08, 2021, from 10:00 to 10:30 AM at the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.

A private Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday morning in Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Swoyersville. The Reverend Joseph J. Pisaneschi, Pastor, will celebrate the Funeral Mass. Although the services in church will be private, the Funeral Mass will be livestreamed on Friday at 11:00 AM on the Facebook page of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Swoyersville.

Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Ss. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Cemetery, Plains Township. Helen wished to have a grand “hoopla” at the cemetery with an accordionist, flowers thrown atop her casket, and plenty of happy tears shed for her heavenly homecoming. So, all are invited to attend the committal service. Those wishing to join in the funeral procession to the cemetery are asked to assemble in front of the church no later than 11:30 AM, or assemble directly at the cemetery at 12:00 PM. A boxed lunch will be provided at the cemetery for everyone to take home and enjoy in Helen’s memory. Please contact the family if you plan on attending the committal service at the cemetery.

In keeping with Federal and State guidelines, those attending the viewing and/or committal services are required to wear a facial covering and observe social distancing. These guidelines will be strictly enforced.

For additional information or to send Mrs. Sartin’s family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home website, www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com, or Facebook page.

Throughout her life, Helen was proud of her country and our armed forces. So, in lieu of flowers, the family kindly asks that, in her memory, you support our local veteran’s administration at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, ATTN: Voluntary Services, 111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18705.