Submitted by: Dan Rich

Helen Shaheen

April 19, 1918 - Sept. 17, 2007

South Bend Tribune 9/19/2007
SOUTH BEND - Helen (Boehnlein) Shaheen, 89, of South Bend, Indiana, and a former longtime resident of Sturgis, MI, died Monday, Sept. 17, in her home. She was born April 19, 1918, in Mishawaka, Indiana, a daughter to the late John and Pauline Boehnlein, and was the last surviving of their seven children.

On June 9, 1951, she married Eli James Shaheen in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mishawaka, Indiana. He died September 12, 1993. Helen was an active member of the Sturgis community and particularly enjoyed her involvement in the Loan Guild, the Holy Angels Altar Society and the Klinger Lake Ladies Golf Association. Helen was a wonderful hostess, especially to the many who attended her Notre Dame tailgate parties throughout the years. More importantly, Helen was a nurturing and supportive mother and grandmother who will be sorely missed and never forgotten. The family would like to thank the staff of Southfield Village for the wonderful care and attention they gave Helen these past few years.

She is survived by her two daughters, Christine Ann (Martin) Broussard of Beaumont, Texas, and Paula Jean (Jed) Eide of South Bend, Indiana; her eight grandchildren, Emily Broussard (Patrick) Nash, Benjamin Broussard, Claire Broussard, Jeffrey Broussard, Laura Broussard, Quinn Eide, Beth Eide and Ellen Eide.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. today in the HACKMAN-Foglesong Funeral Home, 114 S. Nottawa St., Sturgis, MI 49091, (269-651-2331). The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home. Prayers before the Mass will begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home, followed by a procession to Holy Angels Catholic Church where the funeral Mass celebrating the life of Mrs. Helen Shaheen will begin at 10:00 a.m., the Rev. Father Richard Fritz, celebrant. A graveside committal will follow the Mass at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Sturgis. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Mrs. Shaheen's memory be made to the Holy Angels School, 306 S. Nottawa St., Sturgis, MI 49091. Envelopes are available in the funeral home.