Helen Birmingham Keenan, wife of the late Frank L. Keenan, died at her home at Indian River Estates, Vero Beach, on Jan. 8, 2014.
She was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Dec. 22, 1913, the daughter of Donald C. Birmingham and Helen (Brown) Birmingham.
Her father, as his father before him, was president of the Hazlewood Savings and Trust Company for many years.
Helen attended Miss Simonson’s classes in Pittsburgh and graduated from the Winchester-Thurston School and from the Pennsylvania College for Women, now known as Chatham College.
She lived for many years in Scarsdale, N.Y., where she served a wide variety of volunteer organizations including the Red Cross, the White Plains Hospital, and the Scarsdale Woman’s Exchange.
She was a member and past deacon of the Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, a member of the Board of Chatham College, and a past officer of the Scarsdale Woman’s Club.
She belonged to the Shenorock Shore Club in Rye, N.Y.
For several years, she was part of the public relations department at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, N.Y.
In April 1982, she married Frank Keenan.
In 1991, they moved to Vero Beach, where they were active in community affairs and in the Presbyterian Church.
Helen was predeceased by her sisters, Barbara Birmingham, of Hartford, Conn., and Suzanne Birmingham, of Greensburg, Penn.
Survivors include her two sisters, Nancy B. Jamison, of Greensburg, Penn., Margot B. Perot and her husband, Ross, of Dallas, Texas; cousin, Diane Mercer, of Pittsburgh, Penn.; as well as thirteen nieces and nephews; and twenty-five grand nieces and nephews.
A memorial service was held Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at 1:30 p.m., at Indian River Estates West, 2440 Citrus Blossom Circle, Sweetwater House, Vero Beach, Fla.
Arrangements under the direction of Cox-Gifford Funeral Home, Vero Beach.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Indian River Estates.
