Helen Janene Purdy, age 82, of Rutledge, Missouri, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015, at Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Missouri.
The daughter of Roy Audrey and Hilma Eugenia (Windsor) Parrish, she was born June 30, 1932, on the family farm north of Colony, Knox County, Missouri.
On September 26, 1967, she married Floyd Eugene Purdy who preceded her in death on June 22, 2000.
Her parents and grandparents, Robert A. and Louisa (Snelling) Parrish and Francis Edwin and Anna Mae (Coffman) Windsor, also preceded her in death along with a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Helen attended rural Brick School in Knox County, graduating from the eighth grade. She and her mother worked as cooks at Colony School until its closing in 1967.
Helen and her husband, Floyd, were engaged in farming on their Missouri Century Farm east of Colony for many years. She was a homemaker, known for her pies, homemade noodles and divinity fudge. She had a quick wit and a great sense of humor. She was an avid flower gardener and enjoyed feeding her hummingbirds. Perhaps most of all, she loved her pets.
The daughter of Roy Audrey and Hilma Eugenia (Windsor) Parrish, she was born June 30, 1932, on the family farm north of Colony, Knox County, Missouri.
On September 26, 1967, she married Floyd Eugene Purdy who preceded her in death on June 22, 2000.
Her parents and grandparents, Robert A. and Louisa (Snelling) Parrish and Francis Edwin and Anna Mae (Coffman) Windsor, also preceded her in death along with a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Helen attended rural Brick School in Knox County, graduating from the eighth grade. She and her mother worked as cooks at Colony School until its closing in 1967.
Helen and her husband, Floyd, were engaged in farming on their Missouri Century Farm east of Colony for many years. She was a homemaker, known for her pies, homemade noodles and divinity fudge. She had a quick wit and a great sense of humor. She was an avid flower gardener and enjoyed feeding her hummingbirds. Perhaps most of all, she loved her pets.
Helen Janene Purdy, age 82, of Rutledge, Missouri, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015, at Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Missouri.
The daughter of Roy Audrey and Hilma Eugenia (Windsor) Parrish, she was born June 30, 1932, on the family farm north of Colony, Knox County, Missouri.
On September 26, 1967, she married Floyd Eugene Purdy who preceded her in death on June 22, 2000.
Her parents and grandparents, Robert A. and Louisa (Snelling) Parrish and Francis Edwin and Anna Mae (Coffman) Windsor, also preceded her in death along with a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Helen attended rural Brick School in Knox County, graduating from the eighth grade. She and her mother worked as cooks at Colony School until its closing in 1967.
Helen and her husband, Floyd, were engaged in farming on their Missouri Century Farm east of Colony for many years. She was a homemaker, known for her pies, homemade noodles and divinity fudge. She had a quick wit and a great sense of humor. She was an avid flower gardener and enjoyed feeding her hummingbirds. Perhaps most of all, she loved her pets.
The daughter of Roy Audrey and Hilma Eugenia (Windsor) Parrish, she was born June 30, 1932, on the family farm north of Colony, Knox County, Missouri.
On September 26, 1967, she married Floyd Eugene Purdy who preceded her in death on June 22, 2000.
Her parents and grandparents, Robert A. and Louisa (Snelling) Parrish and Francis Edwin and Anna Mae (Coffman) Windsor, also preceded her in death along with a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Helen attended rural Brick School in Knox County, graduating from the eighth grade. She and her mother worked as cooks at Colony School until its closing in 1967.
Helen and her husband, Floyd, were engaged in farming on their Missouri Century Farm east of Colony for many years. She was a homemaker, known for her pies, homemade noodles and divinity fudge. She had a quick wit and a great sense of humor. She was an avid flower gardener and enjoyed feeding her hummingbirds. Perhaps most of all, she loved her pets.
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