Thelma Etta Akins was born July 20, 1898, in the stare of Oklahoma and died March 25, 1982 at 5:30 a.m. in the Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston, Missouri, after an illness of several months. Her age at the time of her death was 83 years, eight months and five days. She had lived in the Cabool area since the age of seven, having moved here with her parents, George W. and Ida Cora Akins.
Thelma professed faith in Christ when a young woman and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cabool.
She was married to John W. Helterbrand (Bill) January 2, 1918 and to this union one son, Lloyd, was born. She was an avid gardener and excellent homemaker. She devoted her lifetime to excel in both. After the death of her husband Bill in 1977, Thelma's failing eyesight and poor health confined her close to home.
Survivors are one son, Lloyd; two sisters, Cecil Skyles, Cabool; Ruth Dale, Liberty, Missouri; one half-brother, Guy Akins, Houston Missouri; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in Cabool First Baptist Church with Revs, K.A. Bolerjack and Dick Wakefield officiating. Burial was in Cabool Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry.
Thelma professed faith in Christ when a young woman and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cabool.
She was married to John W. Helterbrand (Bill) January 2, 1918 and to this union one son, Lloyd, was born. She was an avid gardener and excellent homemaker. She devoted her lifetime to excel in both. After the death of her husband Bill in 1977, Thelma's failing eyesight and poor health confined her close to home.
Survivors are one son, Lloyd; two sisters, Cecil Skyles, Cabool; Ruth Dale, Liberty, Missouri; one half-brother, Guy Akins, Houston Missouri; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in Cabool First Baptist Church with Revs, K.A. Bolerjack and Dick Wakefield officiating. Burial was in Cabool Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry.
Thelma Etta Akins was born July 20, 1898, in the stare of Oklahoma and died March 25, 1982 at 5:30 a.m. in the Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston, Missouri, after an illness of several months. Her age at the time of her death was 83 years, eight months and five days. She had lived in the Cabool area since the age of seven, having moved here with her parents, George W. and Ida Cora Akins.
Thelma professed faith in Christ when a young woman and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cabool.
She was married to John W. Helterbrand (Bill) January 2, 1918 and to this union one son, Lloyd, was born. She was an avid gardener and excellent homemaker. She devoted her lifetime to excel in both. After the death of her husband Bill in 1977, Thelma's failing eyesight and poor health confined her close to home.
Survivors are one son, Lloyd; two sisters, Cecil Skyles, Cabool; Ruth Dale, Liberty, Missouri; one half-brother, Guy Akins, Houston Missouri; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in Cabool First Baptist Church with Revs, K.A. Bolerjack and Dick Wakefield officiating. Burial was in Cabool Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry.
Thelma professed faith in Christ when a young woman and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cabool.
She was married to John W. Helterbrand (Bill) January 2, 1918 and to this union one son, Lloyd, was born. She was an avid gardener and excellent homemaker. She devoted her lifetime to excel in both. After the death of her husband Bill in 1977, Thelma's failing eyesight and poor health confined her close to home.
Survivors are one son, Lloyd; two sisters, Cecil Skyles, Cabool; Ruth Dale, Liberty, Missouri; one half-brother, Guy Akins, Houston Missouri; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in Cabool First Baptist Church with Revs, K.A. Bolerjack and Dick Wakefield officiating. Burial was in Cabool Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry.
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