Helen Marie Kearney Greve, age 102, died early on Tuesday March 5, 2019, peacefully, at her home in Collierville, Tennessee.

Helen was born in Memphis on March 2, 1917, one of six children to Gertrude Schneider Kearney and William Louis Kearney.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Henry Greve; and her eldest daughter, Anne Marie Phillips.  She is survived by daughter, Elizabeth Ann Stokke; sons, James Greve, Lawrence Greve, and William Greve; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

Helen was a retiree of the United States Postal Service.  She was the first secretary for Father James Pugh, previous pastor of the Catholic Church of the Incarnation.  She was also a typesetter for the Collierville Independent newspaper.  A renowned bingo player, Helen loved trips to the Tunica casinos with her sister, Elizabeth Anne "Little Bit" Koehler.

Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m., both at the Catholic Church of the Incarnation, 360 Bray Station Road, Collierville, TN, 38017.  A reception will follow at the church.  Private, family-only burial will take place at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery.

Gifts in memory of Helen may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.