Helen Everett, 93

Helen Everett of Sag Harbor, who spent 27 years as an elementary school teacher there and many more years volunteering with Southampton Hospital and the Dominican Family Health Service, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 93.

Mrs. Everett was born at home in Sag Harbor on Jan. 14, 1922, after her parents, John Kondratowicz and Stephan Kuczynski, were unable to get to Southampton Hospital; a snowstorm had left the roads impassable.

She attended St. Andrew’s Parochial School, Pierson High School, and Ithaca College, and later completed graduate work at New York University and Southampton College. She began her teaching career in Canisteo, a town in western New York State; later taught in Amityville, and then came to the Sag Harbor School District, retiring in 1981 after almost three decades.

She then began volunteering at the hospital and the family health service. Her family wrote that Mrs. Everett enjoyed traveling and visited cities throughout the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. She also liked knitting, crafts, bicycling, walking, swimming, and playing cards, notably canasta.

She is survived by three children, Gayle Ratcliffe of North Haven, William Everett of Noyac, and Charles Everett of New Jersey. Five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. One son, David Everett, predeceased her, as did a sister, Irene Kondratowicz.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Everett’s name have been suggested to the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 2725, Sag Harbor 11963, or East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.