Helen Jo Chan, 53, of Ontario, went to be with the Lord on January 13, 2015. Helen faced deteriorating health issues over the past four years and faced each new challenge with grace and dignity.
She was born August 9, 1961 in Upper Sandusky. Helen worked for Crawford County Job and Family Services for 27 years. In her free time, she enjoyed doing crafts, gardening, and playing online games, especially poker. Helen was an avid Cleveland Indians fan. Her fondest memory was meeting Omar Vizquel. She also enjoyed watching the Browns, Cavs, and OSU football. An adoring wife, devoted sister, and great daughter, Helen enjoyed going to Atlantic City with her mother. She was a loving, caring, and most humble woman.
Surviving are her husband and best friend of 25 years, who she was always there to defend, Alfred K. Chan, whom she married December 31, 1989 and who considered Helen the “apple of his eye and his true love”; mother, Carolyn Harvey of Mansfield; brother, Walter “Wally” (Sheila) Harvey of Battle Creek, MI; sister, Susan (Dave) Crawford of Mansfield; nephew, Mathew Crawford, whom she helped raise; uncles, Darrel (Linda) Ohler of Mansfield and Daland Ohler of Mt. Vernon; numerous cousins; mother-in-law, three brothers-in-law, one sister-in-law, and several nieces and nephews, all extended family in Malaysia; many close friends; special friend, Barbara Milligan Ferguson of Columbus; and her beloved chihuahuas, Carlos and Emme.
Helen was preceded in death by her grandparents, Walter and Helen Ohler.
Family and friends are invited to visit on Friday, January 16, 2015 from 5-8 p.m. at the Ontario Home of Wappner Funeral Directors, 100 S. Lexington Springmill Road, Ontario. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 10 a.m. at the funeral home, conducted by Pastor Gene Witzky. Burial will follow in Mansfield Memorial Park.
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