Helen E. (Glass) DuShane (1916 - 2002)

Born 20 Apr 1916 in North Carolina

Wife of James Douglas DuShane — married 27 Dec 1938 in Franklin Co., Virginia

Died 24 Mar 2002 at age 85 in Albuquerque, Bernadillo, New Mexico

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Biography

Dushane -- Helen Glass DuShane, 85, resident of Albuquerque since 1952, passed away March 24, 2002 in the loving care of Presbyterian Hospice and family. Born April 20, 1916 to Julia and S.C. Glass in Raleigh, North Carolina. She taught 32 years in the Albuquerque Public School System. She was a longstanding member of Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Sorority and was a faithful Steward of the Episcopal Church, teaching Sunday School and serving on the Alter Guild. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Douglas DuShane.

Helen is survived by daughter, Virginia S. Vasquez and her husband, Al Vasquez of Albuquerque; three grandchildren, Shelley Bergen and husband, Richard of Durango, CO, Jason Christopher McAdoo of Tucson, AZ, Amy Elizabeth Ellington and her husband, Kelly and her two children, Asley and Jacob Pino; son, Douglas Glass DuShane and his wife, Sian of San Antonio, TX and children, Megan and Joshua DuShane; sister, Ruth Bendel and husband, Bill Bendel of Charlotte, NC; niece Alice Craig and husband, Bill of Charlotte, NC; and nephew, Rob Goldsmith and wife, Dede Goldsmith of Abingdon, VA. Memorial Service is 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 29 at St. Mark's on the Mesa Espiscopal Church, 431 Richmond Pl NE, Father Jim Trainor will celebrate the life of Helen G. DuShane. The family will greet and visit with friends in the Parish Hall immediately following the service. Family members wish to thank their many friends, Hospice and nurses whose love, sympathy and thoughtfulness has been deeply appreciated and will be gratefully remembered. Arrangements by Salazar & Sons Mortuary, 400 Third St. SW.

Sources

• Published on: Thu March 28, 2002 - Albuquerque Journal - http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/search?query=Dushane
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTMG-YWK : accessed 7 July 2017), Helen G Dushane in household of H Douglas Fuller, Ward 1, Winchester, Winchester City, Winchester City, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124-2, sheet 2A, line 5, family 21, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4330.

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

• U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

• Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014