Helen A. Matley

Middletown, RI - Helen A. Malone Matley, 83, of Middletown, RI, died Thursday, November 8, 2007. She was the wife of the late Charles Andrew Matley, Sr. Born in Portsmouth, RI on October 17, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Jane Jackson Malone.Mrs. Matley was the youngest girl in the family of nine, growing up in Portsmouth. She then moved to Newport, graduated from St. Catherine?s in Newport, and the Newport Hospital School of Nursing in 1946. Helen worked as a nurse in many different places, including Annapolis, MD, New York and Florida until her return to Newport. Here she worked at the Newport Hospital, in private duty care and many local nursing homes. She continued to care for others until her retirement at the age of 78. Aside from work and her family she was a Brownie Troop leader in Middletown. She was also involved with the Girl Scouts and worked at the Girl Scouts? Camp Rocky Farm as a volunteer nurse. As a young woman she was an avid roller skater and dancer. Throughout her life she enjoyed traveling and visited many places around the globe and her greatest accomplishment was her family.She is survived by her brother Raymond L. Malone of Little Compton, RI, and her children, Carol M. Bassett with whom she lived in Middletown, RI, Jane M. Clark of Warwick, RI, Charles A. Matley, Jr., of Jamestown, RI, and Joann M. Sheehan of Greenwich, CT and Newport, RI, her grandchildren, Hilary Ann Armstrong of Warwick, RI, M. Sgt. Daniel G. Bassett, USAF of Chesapeake, VA, Tech Sgt. Adam B. Bassett, USAFR of Ellington, CT, Patrick R. Clark of Warwick, RI, Elizabeth J. Bill of Norwich, CT, Matthew H. Matley of Middletown, RI, Charles A. Matley, III and Catherine L. Matley both of Jamestown, RI and Delainey A. Sheehan of Greenwich, CT, seven great grandchildren, her dear friend Shirley Dunn of Middletown, RI and many nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Thomas J. Malone, Andrew J. Malone, Paul E. Malone, Mary V. Mathewson, Cecilia G. Parrott and Leona Rita Malone. Her funeral will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 8:00am from the Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10:00am in St. Augustin?s Church, Carroll Avenue, Newport. Burial will be private. Donations in her memory may be made to the Middletown Rescue Wagon Fund, 239 Wyatt Road, Middletown, RI 02842 or to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 1 St. Jude Place Building, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 300, Memphis, TN 38105.