Ms. Helen Irene Shope, 88, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2026. She was born July 6, 1938 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania to Samuel H. Vonada and Myrtle Beckwith Vonada.

Ms. Shope was a resident of Florida for the past 20 years moving from Pennsylvania. She was Protestant by faith and a member of the St. John’s United Church of Christ.

Ms. Shope was preceded in death by her parents and her loving husband, Luther D. Shope, Jr.

Ms. Shope is survived by her daughters, Brenda Caye Masullo, Penny Ann Tucker and Lori Jane Facer, four grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one great great grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorialization will be by cremation.