Helene Schweitzer, 88, Kansas City, Kansas, died Monday, September 13, 2021 at Riverbend Post Acute and Rehab. The Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 22 at the Cathedral of St. Peter, 416 N. 14th St., Kansas City, KS with the burial to follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the Cathedral.
Helene was born January 6, 1933, in Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California January 6, 1933. She moved to Kansas City, Missouri to live with an aunt and her family in 1945 and entered the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth in 1950. She taught grades 2 thru college before leaving the Sisters in 1975. She then went to work for the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department as a GED instructor, librarian and programs coordinator, retiring in 1997. Helene was deputized for 10 years of her 23 year career with the Sheriff's Department. After retiring she became a volunteer for numerous organizations and charities. Helene was a a graduate of Kansas State University with a Masters in Adult Education and was a member of the Cathedral of St. Peter and its Altar Society.