Helen Beecher of Concordia Lutheran Ministries Haven II in Jefferson Township celebrated her 85th birthday recently.

The former Helen Zimmerman was born May 24, 1923, in Leechburg. She married H. Glenn Beecher on Feb. 14, 1946, at First Lutheran Church in Leechburg. He is deceased.

She has four children, Jennifer Foley of Moon Township, Christine Bollinger of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Mark Beecher of Parkersburg, W.V., and Kevin Beecher of Leechburg. She also has six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

A housewife for most of her life, Beecher is still a member at First Lutheran Church in Leechburg, as well as a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Apollo. She also has been active in the Leechburg and Tarentum historical societies. In her spare time, she enjoys scrapbooking and making photo albums.