BOCA RATON — Helen Marie Bates Babione, with her husband a pioneer of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, died Oct. 5. She was 95.
Helen Bates moved to Lake Worth from Ohio in 1948 and in 1950 married Robert Babione. They moved to Boca Raton in 1960, wh
Helen Babione has lived in Boca for almost 60 years and says she enjoys working with people who need help, especially children and older adults. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Margie Plunkett
Helen Babione has spent nearly 60 years in Boca Raton, re
