Helen Larkin Burton

May 7, 1932 - April 15, 2022

Helen Larkin Burton, age 89, of Woodstock, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022, at Skyline Terrace Nursing Home in Woodstock, Virginia. Helen was born May 7, 1932, in Columbia Furnace, and was the daughter of the late Robert and Hazel Heishman Larkin. Helen was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Woodstock. She was a 1949 high school graduate from Edinburg High School and attended Hagerstown Business College. She worked for 24 years on Capitol Hill as an Executive Assistant, and then retired from Department of Energy. After returning to the Shenandoah Valley, she worked as a realtor. She volunteered at Shenandoah Musical Festival and was a member of The Friends of the North Fork. She is survived by one sister, Judy Carter of Woodstock, her niece, Sue Holzbauer of Mt. Jackson, VA., sister-in-law Ilse Larkin of Edinburg, and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by two sons, Carl Walter Burton and Thomas Francis Burton Jr. and four siblings, Fay Larkin Miller, Everette Larkin, Doris Downs, and Virginia Morrow. A Graveside Service will be announced at a later date.