Helen I. Hodenpyl, formerly of North Haven, died at home on November 30, in Sun City Center, Florida, where she had wintered since the late 1980s.
The daughter of George and Irene Abel, she was born in New Jersey. After graduating high school, she attended Pace University and New York University. She worked in the financial district where she met and married Eugene Hodenpyl, a grandson of Joseph Fahys, builder of the Watchcase Factory, who predeceased her in 1996. After the birth of their daughter, Eleanor, they moved to Manhasset, where she was active in the Manhasset Community Club, serving as its president from 1970 to 1972. When her husband retired, they moved to one of his family’s homes in Sag Harbor, residing there until they moved permanently to Sun City Center in 1994.
Ms. Hodenpyl was active in the United Community Church in Sun City Center, serving as president of the Women’s Fellowship on two separate occasions, as well as on the board of the Hope Fund. She was also involved with the First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor, a member of the Golf and Racquet Club SCC, several bridge groups, the Bridgehampton Club, and maintained membership in the Squadron A, New York, where Mr. Hodenpyl had served in the Cavalry and was a longtime member.
She is survived by a daughter, Eleanor Payne Hodenpyl Morgan of North Carolina and St. Lucia; and a step-daughter, Alice Fahys Hodenpyl Hutchison of Arizona.
A memorial service was held in the chapel of the United Community Church in Sun City Center on December 10. Her ashes will be placed alongside her husband’s in the Fahys mausoleum in Oakland Cemetery in Sag Harbor.
Memorial donations may be made to LifePath Hospice, 3723 Upper Creek Drive, Ruskin, FL 33573; the United Community Church of Sun City Center, www.uccsuncitycenter.org; or the First Presbyterian Church of Sag Harbor, www.oldwhalerschurch.org.
on Dec 10, 2015