BANGOR – Helen R. McCarthy, 94, died Oct. 25, 2009, at a local nursing home. She was born Dec. 2, 1914, in Bangor, the daughter of James and Emma (Russell) McCarthy. Helen was a lifelong communicant of St. John’s Catholic Church. She was a bookkeeper for Bangor Office Supply for more than 50 years. She was the sister of Ruth Gagnon, James McCarthy, Eugene McCarthy, Joan Sheehan and Isabelle Smith; and the aunt to 10 nieces and one nephew. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Catholic Church, Bangor. Interment will be after in the family lot at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bangor. Arrangements by Greenlawn Funeral Directors.


