NORTH WEBSTER — Helen G. Hoy, 96, Winona Lake, passed away at 8:10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Grace Village Healthcare, Winona Lake.
She was born Aug. 11, 1921, in Budapest, Hungary, to Peter Paul and Rose Margaret Mohachi Karolyi.
She graduated in 1941 from Payne (Ohio) High School and in 1943 from Skadron Business College, Fort Wayne.
She was married Jan. 15, 1946, in Fort Wayne, to DeVon Staley, who preceded her on Feb. 3, 1977. She remarried on Jan. 8, 1983, in North Webster, to John Burdette “J.B.” Hoy, who preceded her on Dec. 25, 1996.
She was employed as the supervisor of accounts payable for I & M Electric Co., Fort Wayne, for 11 years, and retired as a paraprofessional bookkeeper in the offices of Bob Christian Accountants, Fort Wayne, after nine years. She lived in Fort Wayne, resided for 30 years at Tri-Lakes in Whitley County, moved to Tippecanoe Lake in 1983, before moving to Warsaw/Winona Lake in 2008.
She was a member of North Webster Church of God and the Lakeland Quilt Club, North Webster, and was a former member of Lakeland Kiwanis Club, North Webster, and Junior Achievement in Whitley County.
She was raised in the Catholic church and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Warsaw. She was active at the North Webster Senior Center, American Legion Auxiliary, North Webster, and St. Jude Children’s Hospital; volunteered at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw; and was involved in local politics. She played Mrs. Santa Claus for the annual North Webster Christmas party for several years, was 2001 Senior Queen for the Kosciusko County Fair, and in 2008 was Woman of the Year for North Webster.
She is survived by a brother, Arthur Michael Karolyi, Fort Wayne; and several nieces and nephews, including Rex (Bev) Hathaway, Warsaw.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands; two sisters, Elizabeth Karolyi and Clara Burgoon; and two brothers, Louis and Joseph Karolyi.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Sept. 1, at Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 and CR 500N, North Webster.
Entombment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, in the chapel at Covington Memorial Gardens, 8326 Covington Road, Fort Wayne, with Father Jake Runyon of St. Jude Catholic Church officiating.
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Memorials to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
To send condolences to the family in memory of Mrs. Hoy, visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com
