Helen Nolt

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Helen Nolt, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister & aunt on November 20, 2024. She was born on September 30, 1936, in Lititz, PA to the late Walter & Josephine Smith.

Helen met the love of her life Lester & they married May 7, 1955 & lived in Ephrata, PA until moving to Seaford in 1965 for Lester’s work. They had four children, Greg, Mike, Barry & Lisa.

Helen’s greatest joy was having her family together & making chicken & beef & dumplings. She loved baking Christmas cookies with her granddaughters & great grandchildren. She made dresses for the girls, hand smocked, machine embroidered & hair bows to match. She enjoyed doing ceramics with her daughter-in-law & made everyone their own needlepoint Christmas stockings, as well as hand quilted bedspreads. She was always in the kitchen making homemade strawberry preserves, pies, peach cobbler, dumplings & Shoofly pie. She loved working in her yard planting flowers.

Helen & Lester loved to travel & take cruises with Harold & Floy Nolt, Mac & Shirley MacArthur, Denny & Tut Snader & visiting with her nephews & nieces, Terry & Ann Nolt, Vickie & Dave Manchester, Gary & Kathy Nolt, Dennis & Kelly Nolt & Jan & Dee Nolt all from PA. They would also spend several months in Hobe Sound, FL.

Helen is survived by her son, Greg (Cherie), granddaughters, Jennifer Wright (Adam) of Georgetown & Alison Reim (Brandon) of Millsboro, great-grandchildren, Breyden Wright, Kendyl Wright & Emmy Reim. She is also survived by her sisters, Mabel (Mim) Buffemnyer of Ohio, Eileen Landis of Sarasota, FL & Betty Barry of Ephrata, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband Lester, children, Mike, Barry & Lisa. Also, her parents, two sisters & a brother.

We would like to thank the staff at Paradise Senior Living for their excellent & compassionate care of our mom.

Funeral services will be private. Her final resting place is Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Special Olympics Delaware, 619 South College Ave., Newark, DE 19716 or SODE.org.