Helen Jean Cahill

Helen Jean Brownlee Cahill, a true woman of faith, passed away on May 19, 2022, at the age of 94. She was born on May 3, 1928, in Claysville, to the late Thomas and Ninnie Miller Brownlee. Jean is now reunited with her husband, Douglas W. Cahill, and her son, Douglas J. Cahill. A 1946 graduate of Claysville High School, Jean went on to graduate from the Washington Hospital School of Nursing, The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, and received a Master’s Degree from the School of Public Health. Her nursing career included the United States Army Nursing Corps during the Korean War, where she served with the rank of Second Lieutenant; a Clinical Instructor at the Washington Hospital School of Nursing; a supervisor in the South Hills office of the Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County; the Public Health Director of Washington, Green and Mon Valley County of the PA Department of Health, from where she retired in 1988. Mrs. Cahill was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Jean was also a member of the Washington Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Edwin Scott Linton Post 175 of the American Legion, the Martha Washington Quilters Guild, and the Red Hat Society. She loved to read, quilt, walk, travel, and spend time in their second home in West Virginia. Long before internet dating, Jean met Douglas W. Cahill on a blind date, and married him six months later on September 17, 1954. The love of her life passed away on July 29, 2012. She is survived by her daughter, Debra (John) Gorby, of Helena, AL; three grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Deceased, in addition to her parents, husband and son, are three brothers; and four sisters. Friends will be received on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, from 5 until 8 p.m., in William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Ltd., 925 Allison Ave., Washington, PA, where services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, with Pastor Kelley Schanely officiating. Full Military Honors will be accorded at the funeral home prior to the service, by the Edwin Scott Linton Post 175 of the American Legion, and the United States Army. In lieu of flowers, please find time to give of yourself to lift up others.