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YORK Helen M. Fahringer, 84, of Springettsbury Township, fought her final battle with pain and entered in to her Heavenly Father's arms at her home, at 6:45 a.m. Friday, January 26, 2007. She was the wife of the late Nolan Fahringer.

Born July 4, 1922, in York, she was a daughter of the late James and Lestie Edith (Allison) Lau. After graduating mid year 1941 from William Penn Senior High School, she worked at the former York Safe and Lock Co. Helen was a World War II Navy Wave veteran, and served in Washington, D.C., as a communications specialist who helped break the German Enigma Code. She also worked in the U.S. Naval Weather Department. Mrs. Fahringer worked in various stores in the York area, including Stillman's, Herbert's, Grant's, and McCrory's. In later years, she was a nurse's aide at Pleasant Acres and worked at the Bendix Corp.

Surviving are two daughters, Cynthia R. McCauley and husband, Clint of Lancaster, and Linda M. McKinley and husband, Nelson of York; a son, James N. Fahringer and fiance, Joan M. Tome of York; two grandchildren, Rachel L. Frey and Jenny R. McKinley; three stepgrandchildren, Julie Mahan, Bobby McKinley, and Tim McKinley; and five step greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Rae J. Lau Arthur and Jenny M. Lau; and a brother, James L. Lau. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at Etzweiler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 1111 E. Market St., York, with her son and son-in-law, James Fahringer and Pastor Clint McCauley, officiating. Burial will follow in Kreutz Creek Cemetery with military honors by the York County Veterans Honor Guard.

Published in the York Daily Record and York Dispatch on 1/27/2007.