A funeral mass was celebrated Aug. 24 for Helen Gordon, 96. She passed away Aug. 20. She was born in the Bronx. She was the wife of the late Louis Gordon; the mother of Patricia, Mary, Bernadette, Susan, Kathleen, Kevin, Brian, Margaret, Louann, Jean and the late Eileen; the stepmother of Robert; the grandmother to 21 and great-grandmother to nine; the sister of John, William and Maureen; the cousin and life long friend of Bernadette and her eight children, and the significant other and companion to William Ahrens, with whom she spent many loving and special years. “The Best Mom Ever,” she was the much loved and very proud mother of eleven children, the most precious gifts in her life. Helen was a giving, loving, compassionate woman, familiar to those who knew her as the gentle “Petite, Smiling Irish Lady”. Services arranged by the Leber Funeral Home, Union City.