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Obituary
HELGA ANN MCCLUNG,
a long-time resident of the Woodlands in Huntington, West Virginia, passed
away on May 31, 2014. She was 92 years old. Helga was born in Dessau,
Germany on July 27, 1921 to Walter and Helena Lenger. Her father was a
chemist who worked in both Germany and America, so Helga and her sisters led
an international life, speaking both English and German. After completing
finishing school in Switzerland, she became a dancer for the famous German
Scala (an opera and theatrical company) and traveled throughout Europe
during World War II. She married Gert Hein in 1941 and gave birth to a son,
Roger. In 1950 she and her son moved to La Jolla, California where she
worked for the Bank of America. In 1953 she married Captain Daryl McClung
who had practiced dentistry in Huntington, West Virginia with his father
before joining the Navy. The new family, Helga, Daryl, and sons Roger and
Daryl junior, were subsequently stationed in Miami, Florida; Quantico,
Virginia; and Jacksonville, North Carolina. Upon Captain McClung's
retirement in 1967, he and Helga moved to Huntington where Helga made many
new friends as a school teacher and an active volunteer at the Huntington
Museum of Art. Helga was preceded in death by her husband, Daryl, and her
sisters, Lilo LaRave and Anita Heinzelman. She is survived by her sons,
Daryl junior and Roger; her grandson, Scott McClung and his wife, Stacie and
four great grandchildren, Grace, Lydia, Elijah and Anna Claire. Interment
will be held on Friday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. at Woodmere Memorial Park,
Huntington. Beard Mortuary is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers,
memorial donations may be given to the Huntington Museum of Art. The McClung
family would like to thank the many wonderful people of Huntington and the
Woodlands who lovingly cared for her in her final years.
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