POLAND – Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Kubina-Yuhasz-Wasko Funeral Home in Boardman and at 1 p.m. at St. Columbia Cathedral for Helen Garancovsky, 90, who passed away Saturday afternoon. Helen was born July 8, 1928, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Michael J. and Mary A. Jakubko Beney. Helen graduated in 1947 from Chaney High School. She worked for G.M. McKelvey Company and also for the Home Mortgage Company. She then became a full time homemaker. Helen leaves behind to cherish her memory, her son, Mark, and several nieces and nephews. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Frank A. Garancovsky, whom she married July 14, 1949, and who passed away on Jan. 13, 2016; her brothers, Stephen, Michael, and Paul Beney; and her sisters, Margaret T. Beney and Mary Ann Loncar. Helen's family wishes to send a special "Thank You" to Dr. Sudershan Garg, Dr. Armand Minotti and Dr. Sahadev Reddy, along with the staffs of both Mercy Health ICU at St. Elizabeth Boardman Campus, and Beeghly Oaks Center for Rehabilitation and Healing for their compassionate care of Helen in her time of need. The Garancovsky family has entrusted their loved one to the care of the Wasko Funeral Home and will receive family and friends on Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Kubina-Yuhasz-Wasko Funeral Home, 5925 Market St. in Boardman. If you wish to extend a material contribution in Helen's memory, please make it to the charity of your choice.