Helen N. (DeVore) Edwards, 81, went to be with her Savior on Easter morning, April 5, 2015, in St. Joseph, Michigan. She was surrounded by her daughter, Sally McAllister, Sally’s husband Ray, and her son Carl Edwards. Helen was born on August 28, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey and has also resided in Edgartown, Massachusetts with her family and in Corriganville, Maryland with her parents, Robert and Helen DeVore, prior to moving to Berrien Springs, Michigan, with her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband John M. Edwards, an infant daughter Nora Lee Edwards, and her brother, Don C. DeVore. Helen is survived by her daughter Sally McAllister and husband Ray of Berrien Springs, MI and four sons – John Steven Edwards and wife Mary and Craig Edwards and wife Christy, both of Edgartown, MA; Dale Edwards and wife Ann of South Hadley, MA; and Carl J. Edwards of Port Charlotte, FL and his wife Lilian. Helen is survived by six grandchildren – Elizabeth Kitue and husband Alex of Wallington, NJ; Christopher and Tyler Edwards of Edgartown; and Alan, Timothy, and Shelby of South Hadley, MA. She is also survived by two brothers – Robert DeVore and wife Anne of Martinsburg, WV and Chet DeVore and wife Janet of Severna Park, MD, and a sister-in-law, Nancy DeVore, Milledgeville, GA, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Helen attended church services with her mother at United Church of Christ in Corriganville and enjoyed attending Michiana Fil-Am Seventh Day Adventist Church in Berrien Springs, MI with Sally and Ray. Helen loved listening to country music. The family would like to thank Liz Lombonaung and all her friends at Meadowview Gardens in Berrien Springs where she resided.

Friends and family will be received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, 169 Clarence Street, Hyndman, PA on Saturday, April 11 from 10 to 11 am. A funeral service will follow at the funeral home at 11 am with Rev. Sandy Hetz-Burchell of the Ellerslie United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at nearby Porter’s Cemetery in PA.