Ellen J. “Helen “ Dunn, 98, passed away at the Aberjona Nursing Center in Winchester on August 29th, 2009. She was born on September 12th, 1910 to her parents John and Mary (Hicks) Lewis. Helen has been a resident of Medford for the past 69 years. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a waitress at Paine Webber in Boston for many years. She has been a parishioner at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Medford for 69 years and was also a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Senior Social Club. Helen is survived by her children, Joan Welch and her husband Bob of Malden and Eleanor Dunn of Medford; by her grandchildren, Ellen Carrabis and her husband Patrick, Kathleen Welch, Dianne McDonough and her husband Scott, Eileen DiSisto and her husband Billy and Patricia Appe; and by her great grandchildren Jenna and Jared Carrabis, Meghan and Haley McDonough and Dylan DiSisto. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, Helen was predeceased by her husband Robert J. Dunn. Relatives & friends are invited to attend her funeral from the Breslin Funeral Home, 610 Pleasant St., Malden on Wednesday September 2nd at 9 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Medford at 10 AM. Services will conclude with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett. Visiting hours will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday September 1st from 4-8 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 441 Fellsway West, Medford, MA 02155.