Helen Pier Abbey has completed her earthly journey and now has joined her Savior Jesus Christ in heaven.

Helen was born May 3, 1935 in Portland, NY, a daughter of the late Merle and Gertrude Lindbergh Pier. She passed away on Monday, August 16, 2021 at UPMC Hamot in Erie. For most of her years, Helen lived in Erie and Waterford. She had worked for many years at D & R Valu-King where she made many lifelong friends. She also can be remembered for working at several grocery stores in the area. Helen also enjoyed her many friends at the Union City Senior Center.
Those that preceded her in death include her first husband, Bernard Abbey; her parents, Merle and Gertrude Pier; and her brothers, Clyde (Gladys) Pier and Gordon (Donna) Pier.
She is survived by her three children: Debra Sutkoff (Paul), David Abbey (Nancy Hughes), and Kathy Abbey (Tracy); her daughter-in-law Robin Whipple Abbey; her cherished grandchildren: Susan and Angela, Aaron (Gina), Joshua and Anae; her great-grandchildren: Logan, Dominick, Elania, Ayden, Dean, and Phoenix; and many nieces and nephews, dear friends, and her family at Harmony Baptist Church in Waterford.
Private funeral services will take place at Morse Funeral Home in Brockton, NY. Interment will be in Portland Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, NY.
Thank all for your kind words 🙏❤yes she loved all her dear friends & my daughter Susan loved Rhonda aso I’m sorry for your loss as well thank you all who shared its a great comfort to know she is in no more pain & his with her heavenly father may God bless you all
TO KATHY AND FAMILY . MAY YOU FIND STRENTH IN EACH OTHER. I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSE. I JUST LOST MY PARENTS BOTH 2 YEARS . ALWAYS HOLD ONTO THE THE MEMORIES. I WISH I COULD HAVE MET YOUR MOM. . WE ARE HERE IF YOU NEED US Dan Kim and ELSA.
She was a great friend of my Mom’s, Rhonda Capron, who just passed away the 6th of August… I’m sure there’s a beautiful reunion happening in Heaven right now.
Dear Abbey family,
I considered Helen a dear friend. She was always so kind and friendly to me. She was very close to my parents Carl and (late) Alice Eliason. She was faithful in calling me to get updates on my Dad after Mom passed and if she knew I knew someone, she was kind to give me updates on their needs. I will miss her. She was a good, Christian woman.
May God bless you in your time of grief. I will keep you all in my prayers.