1/24/1925 - 7/16/2026
Helena Wills nee Koszut. Age 101. Longtime resident of Chicago’s Mt. Greenwood/St Christina Parish Neighborhood, formerly of Chicago’s West Pullman and Historic Pullman Neighborhood. Graduate of St Salomea Catholic Grammar School and Mercy High School Class of 1943. Worked at Sherwin Williams and later as a Graphic Designer for Blue Streak and Cadore-Miller Printing. Wife for 62 years of the late Clarence Wills, Ret CFD. Mother of Elizabeth (Clark, Ret CFD) Staten, Robert (Deb), Gary (Diane) and Bill (Kathy) Wills. Grandmother of Elizabeth and Lauren Staten, Louis, Leah (Melissa Bleak), Rebecca, Jim Wills and Emily (Christopher) Rickert. Great grandmother of Brody Wills and Miles Rickert. Daughter of the late Eleanor and Victor Koszut. Sister of the late Matthew Koszut. Aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Monday, July 20, 2026, from 3 pm until 7 pm at Donnellan Funeral Home, 10525 S. Western Ave., Chicago. Funeral Tuesday 9:00 am from the funeral home to St Christina Church, 3342 W. 111th Street, Chicago, for Mass 9:30 am. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Helena’s name to EMQW Widow and Children’s Fund, 20 South Clark Street, Ste 300, Chicago, IL, 60603 or www.widowsandchildren.org would be appreciated by the Wills family. Info 773-238-0075 and www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.
Visitation:
Monday, July 20, 2026, from 3 pm until 7 pm at Donnellan Funeral Home, 10525 S. Western Ave., Chicago.
Mass:
St Christina Church, 3342 W. 111th Street, Chicago, for Mass 9:30 am
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