Helen Pacecca BARLIA 

Helen Pacecca Barlia left us in the early morning
hours of March 27th to join her husband of 63 years,
Mike, in heavenly peace. She came to this country at
the age of eight from Reggio Calabria, Italy, with her
mother Rose and Uncle Sam Vigliarolo. She had careers
in ready-to-wear at I Magnin and her own shop,
Adrian's Apparel and the floral arts. Mike and Helen
met and married in 1943 and were a great ballroom
dancing team for many years. She and Mike owned a
delicatessen in the late 50's, on a site that is now
the Swedish Medical Center. Her home and family were
her life; she loved flowers and was a gardener
extraordinaire. Gorgeous flowers or vegetables, she
could grow anything. Bingo was a passion in her later
years, as well as junkets to Reno with the Italian
club. Survived by her sister Florence Pompeo;
sister-in-law Alice Mariani; her children, Carole
(Len) McDade and David (Jeanne) Barlia; niece Sheri
Pompeo; grandchildren, Carolyn McDade, Rochelle
(Spencer) Otis, Renee Orr, Andre McDade and Yvonne
(Tom) Woodward; and great-granddaughter, Chanel Otis.
Memorial Service will be held at Acacia Funeral Home
at 2:00 p.m., April 5th, 14951 Bothell Way NE, Sea
98155. Interment at Holyrood. 

Published in print on 4/2/2008. 
Seattle Times