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In Remembrance: Helene M. Kastinger Riley Died on April 27 2025

Helene Marie Kastinger Riley passed away on April 27, 2025, at the age of 86. A longtime professor of German at Yale, she authored works on Achim von Arnim, Virginia Woolf, and Hildegard von Bingen, among others.

A complete obituary was published by the funeral home in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Michael R. Riley, 11:33am October 05 2025 | Flag as inappropriate

My mom and our family had some great years in Hamden and New Haven and we really appreciate you sharing this information. To the many who loved (and the near equal number that hated and feared her fierce intellectual honesty), thanks for your thoughts and remembrances of this iconic woman. Best to you.

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