Helen R. Malaskiewicz

Helen R. (Wentland) Malaskiewicz, 82, a longtime resident of Nashua, NH passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2009 after a long illness. Mrs. Malaskiewicz was born in Bristol, CT on April 10, 1927, the youngest of ten children born to the late Emil and Pauline Wentland. She was educated in Bristol schools and was the first in her family to graduate from high school. She was a member of the Bristol (CT) High School Class of 1944. She was the widow of John Malaskiewicz, who passed away on December 21, 1997. Mrs. Malaskiewicz�s eldest daughter Susan also passed away on April 30, 2009. After high school, Mrs. Malaskiewicz started her career at Foley Ford Motors in Bristol and worked her way up to Office Manager. It was at Foley where she met her future husband who had come in to purchase a car. After their marriage in 1957, she and her husband moved to Ohio where she was very active in Welcome Wagon and other community organizations. Her husband�s career brought the family to Nashua in 1973. While her children were in high school, she enjoyed a second career as an accounting assistant, working for the J.F. McElwain Shoe Company and Pizza Hut�s Regional Office in Nashua. Mrs. Malaskiewicz and her husband were instrumental in the early days of Grace Lutheran Church in Nashua, where they were both active communicants. She was passionate about her four beloved grandchildren and loved nothing more than attending their games, school functions and just spending time with them. Family was of the utmost importance to her and over the years, she and her family would travel back to Connecticut frequently to visit with extended family. Her friends and children described her as �the most generous person they�ve ever known.� She was a wonderful cook and hostess, an avid golfer and a fierce bridge player. She and her daughter Susan enjoyed a friendly sports rivalry and loved watching the Red Sox vs. Yankees games together. After her husband�s retirement in 1987, they became �snowbirds� and migrated to Naples, Florida every winter where they were members of Royal Wood Golf and Country Club. They made many new friendships in Naples and also reconnected with old friends from their days in Ohio. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and David Heald of Bedford, NH and her son, Scott William Malaskiewicz of Nashua, NH; her four grandchildren: John Maxwell �Max� Heald, Samuel Wentland Heald, Elizabeth �Lilly� Broughton Heald and James �Jed� Edward Heald II, all of Bedford, NH; Her godson William Vito Palmisano, Jr. of Bristol, CT and her goddaughter, Victoria Pauline Palmisano of Bristol, CT; dear longtime friends Irene Folan of Bristol, CT, Lucille Listorti of St. Petersburg, FL and Bev and Bud Sherman of Broken Arrow, OK; several sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Malaskiewicz�s family is very grateful to her son Scott Malaskiewicz, who unselfishly gave his mother such extraordinary care over the past few years. The family would also like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Home, Health & Hospice Care. SERVICES: A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 154 Meadow Street, Bristol, CT at 11:00am. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider a memorial donation to Grace Lutheran Church, Nashua, 130 Spit Brook Road, NH 03062 or Home, Health & Hospice Care, 22 Prospect Street, Nashua, NH 03060.