Helen K. LARKIN

Helen Bourassa -- Bourbonnais -- Visitation for Helen K. Bourassa, 79, of Bourbonnais, will be from 10:30 a.m. Monday until the 11:30 a.m. memorial service at the Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. Inurnment will be in All Saints Cemetery, Bourbonnais. She died Nov. 8, 2005 at Provena St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee. Mrs. Bourassa retired from Roper Corporation, Kankakee Div. after 20 years of service. She was born March 20, 1926, in Joliet, the daughter of Thomas and Adeline Lyons Larkin. Her husband, Everett P. Bourassa, whom she married Sept. 7, 1946, in Kankakee, died Dec. 6, 1966. She was a member of Maternity BVM Catholic Church. She enjoyed crocheting and was an avid Bulls and Cubs fan. Surviving are one son, Daniel Bourassa of Bourbonnais; one daughter, JoAnn Ford of Bourbonnais; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Deceased are one brother, Thomas Larkin; and one sister, Margaret Rynearson.