Helen Grace Modugno

Helen was born near Paris Texas, the youngest daughter in family of seven. During World War II she worked at the Lockheed aircraft factory. After the war she got a job at a market in Sun Valley, California, where she met Ralph, the man she would spend the rest of her life with. Helen willingly converted to Catholicism and was a devout catholic for all of her life.

In 1962, they moved from San Fernando Valley to a brand new neighborhood in Goleta. Helen spent the rest of her life in Goleta, serving the community in a number of ways at St. Raphaels Church. Helen was always a women’s rights advocate and she fought hard to give women a bigger role in the Catholic Church. At her 100th birthday, she was honored by the mayor of Goleta with a proclamation. Helen enjoyed her final days in the comfort of her home in Goleta. See a full illustrated obituary on Edhat.com

Helen was predeceased by Ralph, all her siblings and her oldest son Jerry. She is survived by five of her six children, David, Jonathan, Susan, Janet and Thomas, plus eleven grand kids and eight great grand kids. A memorial mass will be on Friday, September 19th, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the Santa Barbara Mission.