Other Events:

• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 27846018
• Occupation: Nurse, first durng WWII, then in her husband's medical practice and finally at Edgar Nursing Home
• Baptism: 20 Jan 1920
• Arrival: 12 Oct 1922, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, USA
• Graduation: 16 Jun 1941, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; University of Rochester School of Nursing
• _MILT: Between 19 Jan 1943 and Nov 1945; LT. in the US Navy Nurse Corps (USNR); flight nurse serving in the Pacific during WWII

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Obituary:

HELEN BEATRICE MALARKEY

Longtime Staten Islander Helen B. Malarkey, 84, of Great Kills, a World War II Navy nurse who worked alongside her husband in his Great Kills practice, died Friday at home.

Born Helen B. Norkelunas in Montreal, Canada, she moved to Rochester, N.Y., with her family when she was 2 years old.

She earned a nursing degree from the University of Rochester, where she met her husband, Edward Malarkey, then a medical student.

When World War II began, Mrs. Malarkey was determined to join the fight, but was initially rejected from the U.S. military for having been born outside the country. Refusing to be denied, she made a personal appeal to the Secretary of the Navy, who acquiesced and gave her special dispensation. According to her family, Mrs. Malarkey became a Navy flight nurse, serving in the Pacific from 1943 until the war ended in 1945.

Upon her return home, she married Dr. Malarkey.

The couple moved to Westerleigh in 1946 and briefly lived in Prince's Bay before settling in Great Kills in 1955. There, Dr. Malarkey launched a thriving medical practice, with his wife working as a nurse by his side.

After 32 years of marriage, Dr. Malarkey died in 1977.

For the next 11 years, Mrs. Malarkey worked at what now is Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville. She retired in 1988.

Mrs. Malarkey was a parishioner of St. Clare's R.C. Church, Great Kills.

"She was really a remarkably thoughtful and generous friend," said her daughter, Margo Malarkey. "Her friends were just really touched by knowing her. She was also a fabulous mother, of course."

Mrs. Marlarkey was a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Richmond County Medical Society.

In addition to her daughter, Margo, surviving are two more daughters, Barbara Malarkey and Elizabeth Josephson; her two sons, Peter E. and Robert J., and a grandson.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Casey-McCallum-Rice South Shore Funeral Home, Great Kills, with a mass at 11 a.m. in St. Clare's Church. Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.

The Staten Island Advance
Staten Island, NY
31 Oct 2004

From the files of
Cecilia Ann Obenland Backhaus Joder

Buried:
Moravian Cemetery; Section III, Subdivision J, Grave 6

Helen married Edward Ernest Malarkey 26 Sep 1945, Alameda, Alameda County, California, USA. Edward (son of Henry Francis Malarkey, Sr and Julia Lazzari) was born 24 May 1915, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died 5 Jan 1977, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA; was buried Jan 1977, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Marie Malarkey
2. Joseph Malarkey was born 25 Sep 1946, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA; died 26 Sep 1946, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA; was buried Sep 1946.
3. Barbara Elaine Malarkey
4. Robert James Malarkey was born 16 Dec 1950, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA; died 16 Mar 2005, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; was buried Mar 2005, Calverton, Suffolk County, New York, USA.
5. Margaret Ann Malarkey
6. Edward Peter Malarkey

Other Events:

• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; Chairman, Rochester Chapter of the Lithuanian Displaced Persons during WWII
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; Charter member and past president of the St. George Beneficial Society
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; member of the Holy Name Society and the Lithuanian Radio Club
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; member of the Keating-Hortn Republican Club and the St Peter and Paul Society
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; member of the Lithuanian Bendruomene Organization
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; member of the lithuanian Boy and Girl Scout's Group
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; Member of the National Lithuanian American Council
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; past member of the St. George Community Choir.
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; trustee of St. George Parish
• Associations: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; was organizer of the annual Lithuanian American Day for many years
• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 163299927
• Name: Petras
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• _MILT: served in the Canadian Army during WWI
• Residence: Between 1896 and 1913, Lithuania
• Residence: Between 1913 and 1923, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: Between 1923 and 1970, East Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; worked for Aeolian American Corp., a piano manufacturer; from toolmaker to supervisor
• Residence: Between 1923 and 1971, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1930, East Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; tool maker at a piano factory
• Retired: 1970, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; from Aeolian American Corp., a piano manufacturer
• Last Residence: Sep 1971, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; 1006 Clifford Ave.
• _FUN: 27 Sep 1971, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; Solemn High Requiem Mass at St. George's Church

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Buried:
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery; South Divison 15, Lot/Tier 18, Grave 4W

Died:
Park Avenue Hospital

Peter married Amelia Kishke 3 Mar 1918, London, England. Amelia was born 1896, England; died 13 Jul 1973, New York, USA; was buried 16 Jul 1973, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 163299702
• Find A Grave Memorial Number: 163299702
• Name: Amilia
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• _FUN: 15 Jun 1973, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; St. George's Church
• _FUN: 15 Jun 1973, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; St. George's Church

Notes:

Buried:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; South Division 15, Lot/Tier 18, Grave 3W

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; South Division 15, Lot/Tier 18, Grave 3W