Helen Vallette (Towle) Richey, 96 of Norwich, Ohio passed away peacefully on August 24, 2022 at Astoria Place of Cambridge.

Helen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 27, 1925. She is the daughter of the late Thomas Stevens and Ruth K. (Harrison) Towle.

Helen was a 1948 graduate of Muskingum College and she was involved with education for over fifty years. She taught health and physical education at the Muskingum College. She also substituted for many years for the East Muskingum school district and she also served as school marm at West Union one-room School. She was a member of the College Drive Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder, she was a Sunday School teacher, she performed with the handbell choir, as well as various other committees at the church. She was a member of the Mother’s Club I, New Concord Friends of Library, a member of the Friendship Quilt Guild, she served as a board member for Eastside Community Ministry, and was a member of the Willing Worker’s club.

Helen’s remaining family is Martha and Jerry Pollock, Robert and Brittany Pollock, and her special friends of Mother’s Club I.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, George W. Richey, who passed away on February 4, 2019.

A Memorial Service will be held at the College Drive Presbyterian Church at 11:30 AM on August 27, 2022. A private graveside service will be held where she will be laid to rest beside her husband.