Rochester - Helena M. (Seale) McQuade, 74 of Rochester and formerly long time Kittery resident passed from this life on July 1, 2018.  Born in Boston, MA. on August 9, 1943, she was the youngest daughter of the late William F. and Helena M. (Herron) Seale.  Helena was raised in and around the greater Boston area.  She met and married her husband of 36 years the late Thomas J. McQuade.  For many years she was a Navy wife until they settled in Kittery and raised there family for 45 years, 36 of those years on Lewis road in the house her husband built from the ground up.  Most recently she downsized and enjoyed her new home in Rochester NH where she was closer to some family and her close friends Doris and Calvin Spurr .  She was a talented Jewelry designer for Balfour before getting married.  Later in life she worked in managenent in many of the outlets in kittery before working for Micromed until her health declined and she retired.  She is survived by her sons Thomas O. McQuade and Michael S. McQuade both of Rochester and her grandchildren Catarina L McQuade, Trisha L McQuade and her partner Jesse Eaton and Mathew and Scott McQuade, Also her beloved great grand children Carte James and Kyra Lynn plus several nieces and nephews. Helena is also survived by her sister Louise Williams of Wenham MA. as well as all of her close friends and her "adopted" kids Jennifer Cloutier and Tammy Butner she Loved you all.

Friends and family may visit with her family on Sunday From 3 - 5pm in the J.S. Pelkey Funeral Home 125 Old Post Road Kittery Maine 03904 .  A funeral will be celebrated on Monday at 10am in the First Christian Church on Haley Road on Kittery Point .