Obituary of Helen M Yecco

Helen M. (Jones) Yecco, 89, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Wildwood Crest, N.J., passed on to heaven to

receive her eternal reward on Jan. 8 surrounded by her family in Ocala, Fla., after a brief illness.

Born in Philadelphia to George Bonsal Jones and Marie Kennedy Jones, she was a 1947 graduate of Little

Flower High School, Philadelphia, where she played varsity basketball and softball. After high school, Mrs. Yecco

worked as a secretary for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor, and later worked as a secretary

at Handmacher-Vogel, and also modeled suits for local stores. She also worked for the Philadelphia Water

Department for several years.

Helen married Peter P. Yecco in 1950, and they celebrated 64 years of marriage until Peter died in 2015.

Together they had five children: Kevin (Jeannine) of Wildwood Crest, Karen Yecco Murphy of Ocala, Fla.,

Kathleen Yecco Komec of Margate, Fla., and Kristina Moore (Michael) of Blue Springs, Mo. Their firstborn son,

Angelo, died as an infant.

Mrs. Yecco worked for Gallagher Insurance Agency in Wildwood Crest for 10 years.

A deeply religious woman, Mrs. Yecco was awarded the Bishop’s Medal of Honor for exemplary service to the

Catholic Church, was a charter member of Catholic Daughters of America, and served on the Camden Diocesan

Pastoral Council for 15 years. She was a past president of: St. Ann’s School PTA, the St. Ann’s Parish Council, and

St. Ann’s Ladies Auxiliary. She was devoted to the lay ministry of distributing Holy Communion as well as a reader

who proclaimed the word of God in the liturgical assembly. She served as ecumenical chair for the Camden Diocese

for 20 years, and was a longtime member and officer of the Wildwood Civic Club, EMD, an organization to which she

was also a junior advisor, and for which she served on the executive committee for the NJ Federation of State

Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Yecco served as the Pro-Life Coordinator for St. Ann’s Church, and was a member of the

Greater Wildwood Yacht Club for many years.

In addition to her children, Mrs. Yecco is survived by 11 grandchildren: Peter (Michele) Murphy of Seattle,

Wash.; Patrick (Lex) of Tallahassee, Fla., and Philip Murphy of Tampa, Fla.; Steven and Peter Komec of Margate,

Fla.; Peter, Marissa, and Cullen Moore of Blue Springs, Mo.; and Christopher (Steven) Yecco of Egg Harbor

Township, and Peter and Alexandra Yecco of Wildwood Crest.

Known to many as “Mother Cabrini,” Mrs. Yecco could often be heard exclaiming “Praise the Lord!” or singing

her favorite hymn, “This is the Day the Lord has Made.”

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Feb. 17 at St. Ann’s Church, Wildwood, where friends

may call from 9 a.m. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Cold Spring.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cape Trinity Catholic School, 1500 Central Ave., North Wildwood,

NJ 08260.Condolenes may be sent to ingersollgreenwoodfh.com