TAUNTON, Mass. — Word has been received of the January 26 death of Mrs. Helen (Murphy) Connolly, 56, in the Princess Royal Hospital in Bromely, England, after a long battle with cancer. She was the sister of Father Edward A. Murphy, chaplain at Morton Hospital and in residence at St. Jude the Apostle Parish in Taunton.

She was the wife of the late Padraic Connolly.

She was a schoolteacher in Zimbabwe, for many years.

Besides her priest brother, she also leaves a daughter, Niamh Connolly; three sisters; and three other brothers. 

Her funeral Mass was celebrated in Cork, Ireland.