Helen Guthrie, 90, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Park Center Nursing Home in Newton, Iowa.
Following Helen’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and services are currently pending for Helen out of state. Memorial contributions may be directed in Helen’s name to her family which will be later designated elsewhere.
Helen Marie Preston was born on August 15, 1929 in Missouri, the daughter of Carl Preston and Tillie Holtsclaw. She was a graduate of Rhodes High School in 1947. On Valentine’s Day of 1948, Helen married her high school sweetheart, William “Bill” Guthrie. Bill's career took them to many states over the years finally settling in Oklahoma. Helen was a devoted homemaker and mother to their two sons. Following the death of her husband she moved from Oklahoma back to Iowa.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Don (Rose) Guthrie and Robert “Bob” (Ann) Guthrie; four grandchildren: Tarah Guthrie, Holly (Larry) Quijas, Heather (Chris) Choate and Megan (Mark Schomaker) Stearns; great-grandchildren: Jace, Madison, Parker, Macy and Abilene as well as several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband in 2006, parents, Bob and Tillie Brittain, biological father and two sisters, Dorothy Hill and Donna Shuey.
Following Helen’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and services are currently pending for Helen out of state. Memorial contributions may be directed in Helen’s name to her family which will be later designated elsewhere.
Helen Marie Preston was born on August 15, 1929 in Missouri, the daughter of Carl Preston and Tillie Holtsclaw. She was a graduate of Rhodes High School in 1947. On Valentine’s Day of 1948, Helen married her high school sweetheart, William “Bill” Guthrie. Bill's career took them to many states over the years finally settling in Oklahoma. Helen was a devoted homemaker and mother to their two sons. Following the death of her husband she moved from Oklahoma back to Iowa.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Don (Rose) Guthrie and Robert “Bob” (Ann) Guthrie; four grandchildren: Tarah Guthrie, Holly (Larry) Quijas, Heather (Chris) Choate and Megan (Mark Schomaker) Stearns; great-grandchildren: Jace, Madison, Parker, Macy and Abilene as well as several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband in 2006, parents, Bob and Tillie Brittain, biological father and two sisters, Dorothy Hill and Donna Shuey.
Helen Guthrie, 90, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Park Center Nursing Home in Newton, Iowa.
Following Helen’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and services are currently pending for Helen out of state. Memorial contributions may be directed in Helen’s name to her family which will be later designated elsewhere.
Helen Marie Preston was born on August 15, 1929 in Missouri, the daughter of Carl Preston and Tillie Holtsclaw. She was a graduate of Rhodes High School in 1947. On Valentine’s Day of 1948, Helen married her high school sweetheart, William “Bill” Guthrie. Bill's career took them to many states over the years finally settling in Oklahoma. Helen was a devoted homemaker and mother to their two sons. Following the death of her husband she moved from Oklahoma back to Iowa.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Don (Rose) Guthrie and Robert “Bob” (Ann) Guthrie; four grandchildren: Tarah Guthrie, Holly (Larry) Quijas, Heather (Chris) Choate and Megan (Mark Schomaker) Stearns; great-grandchildren: Jace, Madison, Parker, Macy and Abilene as well as several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband in 2006, parents, Bob and Tillie Brittain, biological father and two sisters, Dorothy Hill and Donna Shuey.
Following Helen’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and services are currently pending for Helen out of state. Memorial contributions may be directed in Helen’s name to her family which will be later designated elsewhere.
Helen Marie Preston was born on August 15, 1929 in Missouri, the daughter of Carl Preston and Tillie Holtsclaw. She was a graduate of Rhodes High School in 1947. On Valentine’s Day of 1948, Helen married her high school sweetheart, William “Bill” Guthrie. Bill's career took them to many states over the years finally settling in Oklahoma. Helen was a devoted homemaker and mother to their two sons. Following the death of her husband she moved from Oklahoma back to Iowa.
Left to cherish her memory are her children: Don (Rose) Guthrie and Robert “Bob” (Ann) Guthrie; four grandchildren: Tarah Guthrie, Holly (Larry) Quijas, Heather (Chris) Choate and Megan (Mark Schomaker) Stearns; great-grandchildren: Jace, Madison, Parker, Macy and Abilene as well as several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband in 2006, parents, Bob and Tillie Brittain, biological father and two sisters, Dorothy Hill and Donna Shuey.
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