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Helen Mildred <I>Dodge</I> Compton

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Helen Mildred Dodge Compton

Birth
Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Death
19 May 2006 (aged 87)
Texas, USA
Burial
Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Helen Mildred Dodge was born November 11, 1918, in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, the fourth of seven children and second daughter born to Weldon Chester and Mildred Sue (Dally) Dodge. Helen, along with her parents and siblings, Weldon Chester, Edna Thelma, Willard Earl, Robert Henry and Howard Alvin, relocated to Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, in 1925, where sister Doris Ruth was born. In 1927, the children and their mother returned to reside in Texas.

On April 27, 1934, Helen married Louie Henry Compton making their home in Waco, McLennan County, and Hillsboro, Hill County, for forty-four years until his death on May 16, 1978, in Waco. Louie and Helen had four children: Earl Wayne, their first child who died in infancy, Helen Louise, Patsy Janene and Gary Lynn.

Helen was also the wife of Homer N Rowell of Waco. They married June 2, 1979, and were married eleven years until his death on September 2, 1990. Helen married August A Pederson on June 23, 1991.

Helen passed away on May 19, 2006, in Waco, at the age of 87.
Helen Mildred Dodge was born November 11, 1918, in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, the fourth of seven children and second daughter born to Weldon Chester and Mildred Sue (Dally) Dodge. Helen, along with her parents and siblings, Weldon Chester, Edna Thelma, Willard Earl, Robert Henry and Howard Alvin, relocated to Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, in 1925, where sister Doris Ruth was born. In 1927, the children and their mother returned to reside in Texas.

On April 27, 1934, Helen married Louie Henry Compton making their home in Waco, McLennan County, and Hillsboro, Hill County, for forty-four years until his death on May 16, 1978, in Waco. Louie and Helen had four children: Earl Wayne, their first child who died in infancy, Helen Louise, Patsy Janene and Gary Lynn.

Helen was also the wife of Homer N Rowell of Waco. They married June 2, 1979, and were married eleven years until his death on September 2, 1990. Helen married August A Pederson on June 23, 1991.

Helen passed away on May 19, 2006, in Waco, at the age of 87.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17614375/helen_mildred-compton: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Mildred Dodge Compton (11 Nov 1918–19 May 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17614375, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA; Maintained by N (contributor 46879854).