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MARY HELEN SANDOVAL passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014 and joined her Lord and Savior after a lengthy illness. She is preceded in death by her parents Andres and Matilde Sandoval. Mary Helen was born on May 1, 1948 in San Antonio and raised in "Cementville", TX. She overcame the extreme hardships and challenges of being a child afflicted with polio. She attended St. Anthony's Shrine School, Howard School, Alamo Heights Junior and Senior High Schools. She earned a GED and was awarded certification/accreditation from San Antonio College in Children's Day Care Instruction/Services. Mary Helen truly loved all people, but especially children. She committed and dedicated her life to teaching and caring for small children as a day care teacher. She began her childcare career in 1972 at La Petite Childcare School, MacArthur Park Lutheran Childcare, and later as a lead teacher at Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church Day School. She retired in 2005 due to health issues after a rewarding career of over thirty years of instructing, nurturing and mentoring the children of her community. Mary Helen's main hobby was photography; she loved taking photos of her family and friends. She photographed dozens of family holidays and neighborhood celebrations. She also researched and organized a Sandoval "Family History Tree" project. Of course, she was a huge Spurs fan. She is survived by her sisters, Andrea, Jane Manuel, special sister/niece Rose; brothers Gilbert Theresa, Raymond Virginia, Joe Pauline, Frank Sylvia and an extended family of nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many of her "Cementville" family of friends. Mary Helen truly touched so many lives, especially the small children she loved and cared for. She will be missed by all who saw her shining smile. SERVICES Visitation will be on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. with a Holy Rosary at 7:00 P.M. at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North, 3401 Cherry Ridge Drive. The Funeral Procession will depart the Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. for the Funeral Mass at 10:00 A.M. at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church 102 Lorenz. The interment will follow at San Fernando Archdiocesan Cemetery No. 2.

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Mary Helen Jimenez Sandoval

May 1, 1948 - July 25, 2014