Helen T. O’Connor

GLENS FALLS – Helen T. O’Connor, 58, of Glens Falls, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 13, 2024, at Glens Falls Hospital.

Born June 30, 1966, in Glens Falls, she was the daughter of Mildred (Farrell) Rundell and the late Sterling Ball.

Helen grew up in South Glens Falls and was a 1985 graduate of South Glens Falls High School. She was employed at Kmart in Queensbury until she retired in 2003.

From a young age, Helen started camping with her family and continued the yearly tradition of traveling to York, Maine and Wells, Maine.  She absolutely adored the ocean. It was undoubtedly her happy place.

Helen married Jeff O’Connor on September 24, 2011, and spent the next thirteen years together.

Those closest to Helen knew how much she loved the Christmas Season. Every October Christmas music could be heard playing on the radio in the car and at her home. Helen usually began decorating for Christmas on Thanksgiving following dinner and her tree was usually up by the end of the weekend. She struggled every January when it came time to take the tree down.

Some of Helen’s favorite things were baking, cooking, watching crime and drama shows like Law & Order and animation shows like Family guy, and keeping close tabs on Nate and Adam. Most of all, she loved her family, and she will be greatly missed.

In addition to her father, Helen is predeceased by her brother, Larry Ball, and her special niece, Amy Tranowicz.

Survivors include her loving husband, Jeffrey O’Connor of Glens Falls, her sons, Nathanial “Nate” Delaney, and Adam Delaney both of Gansevoort; her grandsons, Logan Delaney and Spencer Dutcher; her mom, Mildred Rundell of Gansevoort; her brothers, James (Mimi) Ball and Billy (Stephanie) Ball both of Gansevoort; her sisters, Margaret (Peggy) Ball of Gansevoort, and Linda Pollack of Queensbury.

Friends may call on Friday, September 27, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Carleton Funeral Home, 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.

The burial will take place at the Glens Falls Bay Street Cemetery in Glens Falls at 2 p.m.