Helen Soblaskey, 85, of St. Ignace, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at Cheboygan Hospice House.

She was born April 18, 1921, in St. Ignace to Michael and Anna Bridget Fenlon. She was a graduate of the Ursuline Academy in St. Ignace in 1939.

She became the Western Union manager for Mackinac Island and St. Ignace.

She married Carl Soblaskey October 21, 1950, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church, where she has been a life member.

Mrs. Soblaskey is survived by Carl, her husband of 55 years; a son, Stephen, of St. Ignace; two daughters and their families, Deborah Holle and Marianne and Michael

Bielat, all of St. Ignace; two sisters, Therese and Ralph Oja of St. Ignace and Mary LaChapelle of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and a cousin, Judge Ned Fenlon, 102 years old, of Petoskey.

Mrs. Soblaskey was preceded in death by a daughter, Anne Catherine on July 29, 1951; two brothers, Michael Chambers Fenlon in 1976, and John Fenlon in 1994; and three sisters, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in 1976, Frances Bolan in 1984, and Anna Catherine Scofield in 1994.

A memorial mass was held Monday, May 22, at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church. Father Norbert Landreville officiated.

Dodson Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.