January 14, 1935 - June 24, 2020

Helen Gloria Lawer, age 85, formerly of Garfield Heights, Ohio, died on June 24, 2020 at the Oaks of Brecksville. Helen was born on January 14, 1935 in Snow Shoe, PA, the daughter of Steve and Mary Blazosky Kirko. On June 1, 1956, she married Merslaw “Bud” Lawer. Helen was a member of St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church in Brecksville. She enjoyed volunteering at Garfield High School Booster Club bingo and at Marymount Hospital. She also enjoyed gardening and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 59 years, Bud, in 2015; sister, Gloria Patishnock; brothers, Steve Kirko and David Kirko. Helen is survived by her brother, Edward Kirko, of Old Saybrook, CT; daughter, Cynthia (James) Marn of Pickerington, OH; sons, Thomas Lawer of Broadview Heights and Brian Lawer of Garfield Heights; grandchildren, Melanie (Andrew) House, Riley (Mallory) Marn, Brock Lawer, and Jeffrey Lawer; and great-grandchildren, Archer House, Georgia Marn and Crosby Marn.

Services: Monday, June 29, 2020 prayers at 10:45 a.m. Liturgy at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church 8111 Brecksville Rd. Brecksville, OH 44141 (PLEASE MEET AT CHURCH). The family will receive friends at Vito-Nero Funeral Home 6130 Turney Rd. (two blocks south of Rockside) on Sunday from 4-6 p.m. Parastas will be at 5:00p.m.