Obituary: Helen M. (Flood) Baldwin, Former Secretary at the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Helen M. (Flood) Baldwin, 83, died Monday evening, June 15, 2015 at the Lahey Hospital in Burlington with her children by her side. She was the loving wife of the late Dr. Joseph Baldwin.

Born in East Orange, New Jersey on December 4, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Helen (Wojciechowski) Flood. She was a graduate of Benedictine Academy and Berkeley Secretarial School, both in New Jersey. Prior to raising her family, Helen was employed as a secretary with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A Danvers resident since 1968, she was a communicant of Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church where she was a member of Our Lady’s Sodality. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.

She leaves five children and their spouses, Michael and Anna Baldwin of Bermuda, Jeanne and Jim Richards of Danvers, Susan and Michael Duggan of Chelmsford, Peter and Julie Baldwin of Danvers, and Nancy Baldwin of Danvers, five grandchildren, Kailyn and Madelyn Richards, Aaron Baldwin, and Eliza and Riley Duggan, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers Robert and Andrew Flood and her sister Judith Flood.

Memorial donations may be made to the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, 15 Mt. Carmel Rd., Danvers, MA 01923 or the Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church Sanctuary Fund, 24 Conant St., Danvers, MA 01923.