Obituary for
Helen T Otersen
Warwick, NY: Helen T. Otersen, 97, died after a brief illness at Schervier Pavillion, Warwick, NY on Thursday, May 26, 2016. Born to Herman and Valerie Otersen in New Jersey, she lived in Cambria Heights, NY for many years before moving to Warwick, NY, in 2013.
Helen worked as an aircraft draftsman for 35 years, retiring from Unisys Corp. in New York. She was very artistic, especially enjoying painting and drawing. Her loves were her cat and her car.
Helen was predeceased by her sisters, Valerie Sammon and Marie G. Otersen, her niece, Christine Sammon, and her cousin, Robert Pellet. She was the beloved cousin (once removed) of Jennifer Pellet and will be mourned by Jennifer’s husband, Michael Gelfand, and their children, Joshua and Jacob Gelfand, of Highland Lakes, NJ and Rory Sammon of NJ.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 9:30 AM at Ferguson-Vernon Funeral Home, 241 Route 94(1 Vanderhoof Court for GPS), Vernon, NJ. Interment to follow at Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ.