Wayne E. Helsley
Wayne Edward Helsley, 63, of Ridgeway, WV, peacefully passed away in the arms of his family on September 1, 2013, in Winchester, VA.
He was born on April 6, 1950, in Winchester, VA, and was the son of George Edward Helsley and Leona DeHaven Helsley. He graduated from James Wood High School in 1969. He married Kathy Lynn Reitman on November 24, 1972.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy Helsley; two daughters, Stephanie Roccograndi and Trishalana Morrison; five grandchildren, Gabriel, Christian, and Benjamin, Shelby and Olivia; three brothers, Ronald, Bruce and Thomas Helsley; three sisters, Linda Dellinger, Rebecca Dolphin, and Joyce Shifflett; and also many son-in-laws, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews.
He served three years in the Air Force and he retired from the WV Air National Guard, 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, WV after another 26 years of service.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel, Winchester, VA. Interment will be in Shenandoah Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.