Obituary of Helen Dickshinski

Helen M. Dickshinski, 94, of Nanticoke passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Birchwood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke.

A life- long resident of Nanticoke, she was born August 29, 1925 a daughter of the late George and Nellie Ziemski Mikanowicz.

She married Robert C. Dickshinski on September 1, 1956 at Holy Trinity Church.  They were married 64 years when he passed on December 22, 2018.  In the early 1950’s, Helen was employed for several years by Duplan Silk Mill and McGregor Corp in Nanticoke. 

She was a life-long active member of Holy Trinity Church, Nanticoke, now St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, the Junior Catholic Daughters of America, Catholic Women’s Club, Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality Club, Holy Trinity Choir, Nanticoke City Women’s Democratic Club and Nanticoke Progressive Women’s Club.

In addition to her husband, Robert, she was preceded in death by sisters, Clara Sowa and Jean Iracki and brothers Stanley, Alexander (Alec) and Joseph.

Surviving are her sons, David Dickshinski and fiance, Kathleen Fletcher of Columbus, OH and Richard Dickshinski and wife, Cindy of Honey Pot section of Nanticoke; a grandson, Michael Dickshinski and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will begin at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad Street, Nanticoke with a Mass of Christian Burial at noon at St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, primary site, 520 S. Hanover Street, Nanticoke with the Rev. James R. Nash as celebrant.

Interment will follow in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Sheatown.

A viewing and period of visitation will be at the funeral home Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the transferal to the church.