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    • Parish Ministries >
      • Areba Club
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  • Education
    • Lenten Reflections - Deacon Joe
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Eternal Life

This page is dedicated to informing our parishioner’s of recent death’s within our parish. The parish community of St. Joan of Arc extends our deepest sympathies to the families & friends of these individuals.

Mary Helen Waverka (1927-2021)

6/25/2021

 
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Mary Waverka, 93, of Hershey, passed away on June 23, 2021 in the Masonic Healthcare Center in Elizabethtown. She was born October 29, 1927 in Towanda, daughter of the late John and Mildred (Esterbrook) Morrow.

Mary was a graduate of Bloomsburg University and was a member of Alpha PSI Omega. She was a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and sang in the choir. She devoted most of her life to raising her family. She enjoyed volunteering at the Hershey Medical Center and was an usher at the Hershey Theater for 30 years.

Mary is survived by children, James (Joni); Michael (Melissa); David (Jean); Linda Waverka and John (Pamela); 10 grandchildren, Kristin; Rachael; Emily; John; Grace; Allyson; Anna; John Andrew; Jennifer; Michael John and 6 great-grandchildren, Brooklyn; Barrett; Brayden; Myla; Matthew; Emma; and 2 sisters-in-law, Ann Hagerty; Rosemary Long; several Nieces, Nephews and many good friends who enriched her life.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, John W. Waverka, her sisters Marian Lentz and Dorothea Benson.
A visitation will be held Monday, June 28, 2021 from 5 - 7PM with recitation of the rosary beginning at 4:45pm in the Hoover Funeral Home & Crematory in Hershey. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 11AM in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 359 West Areba Ave., Hershey. Interment will follow in the Hershey Cemetery.

​In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial contributions be made to Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church or the Multiple Sclerosis Society, NJ Metro Chapter, 1480 US Hwy. 9N #309, Woodbridge, NJ 07905.

​Helen T. Nojack Olaf (1931-2021)

6/3/2021

 
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​Helen T. Nojack Olaf, 90, of Hummelstown, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Atlas, Pennsylvania, on March 1, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Horwath Nojack.

Helen retired from Reese’s. She graduated from Mount Carmel High School in 1948. Helen was an active member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Hershey. She belonged to the CCW and AREBA’s organization, and enjoyed baking many tasty treats for the Annual Festival. Helen enjoyed attending church daily, volunteering in the St. Joan of Arc cafeteria, and baking for friends and family.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent C. Olaf, on November 29, 2004.

Helen is survived by three children, Joyce M. Zeppa-Sadler wife of Bob of Biglerville, Tina Marie Olaf-Lerch wife of Edward R. of Hummelstown, and Vincent A. Olaf of Hummelstown; her grandchildren, Jonathan and Janessa Zeppa; and her great-grandson, Alex Vea.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 2:00 PM in St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church, 359 West Areba Avenue, Hershey, with The Rev. Fr. Alfred P. Sceski as celebrant. Inurnment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery at a later date. Friends are invited to visit with the family on Tuesday in the church from 1PM until time of the services.

Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, Inc., 114 W. Main Street, Hummelstown, is handling the services.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent Heart of the Parish fund at St. Joan of Arc, 359 West Areba Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, or to Alzheimer Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter, 2595 Interstate Drive, Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17011 (https://www.alz.org/pa), or to Grane Hopsice, 1200 Camp Hill Bypass, Suite 205, Camp Hill, PA 17011.

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St. Joan of Arc Parish Office
305 West Areba Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033

Phone: 717.533.7168    
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Fax: 717.520.0526 
Email: office@stjoanhershey.org
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
359 West Areba Ave.
Hershey, PA 17033


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1525 Sand Hill Rd
Hummelstown, PA 17036 

Phone: 717.533.2854
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