Bedford Times-Press, Wednesday, May 3, 2000
HELEN SPENCER
Funeral services for Helen Spencer, age 92 of Bedford, who died Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center were held Saturday, April 29, 2000 at 10:30, a.m. at Ritchie Funeral Home£ in Bedford with Pastor Jamie Mogler officiating. Interment was held in the Hopkins Cemetery. Memorials can be directed to the Children's Make A Wish Foundation.
Helen Elizabeth Spencer was born March 6, 1908 just north of the state line in Taylor County, Iowa, the daughter of Willard H. Smith and Julia M. Townsend Smith. Helen grew up living on the north side of the Iowa/Missouri state line. She attended rural schools.
On September 26, 1926 she was united in marriage to John Howard Spencer at the Methodist Parsonage in Bedford. To this union eight children were born.
Helen and Howard moved to Colorado after their marriage. After a short time they returned to Taylor County where she lived on a farm, raising her family until 1945 when she moved to Bedford. Howard died in 1948.
Helen served as treasurer for the Order of Eastern Star for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Baptist Women's Ministry where she was very active in their fellowship.
Helen always put others' needs before her own. She enjoyed her family most of all and was known to be very creative when it came to having a reason for the family to get together for dinner and socializing. Birthdays were also important to Helen, and all family birthdays, including her own, needed to be celebrated! She felt if she could have lived to be 100 years old would have been a real milestone.
Left to cherish Helen's memory are her five children, Rose Johnson and husband Ray of Corning; Raymond Spencer of Joliet, Ill.; Clyde Spencer and wife Joann of Bedford; Roy Spencer and wife Carolyn of Roodhouse, Ill.; and Evie Barnes and husband Mike of Des Moines; three sisters, Alice Tibbetts of Maryville, Mo.; Olive Wyckoff and husband Don of Norwalk; and Iva Sanders and husband Dale of Bedford; 21 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Preceding Helen in death were her husband Howard in 1948; her parents, Willard and Julia Smith; three sons, Howard Jr., Ivan and Donnie; four brothers, Kirk, Carl, Galen and another in infancy; two sisters in infancy; one grandchild, and one great-grandchild.
HELEN SPENCER
Funeral services for Helen Spencer, age 92 of Bedford, who died Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center were held Saturday, April 29, 2000 at 10:30, a.m. at Ritchie Funeral Home£ in Bedford with Pastor Jamie Mogler officiating. Interment was held in the Hopkins Cemetery. Memorials can be directed to the Children's Make A Wish Foundation.
Helen Elizabeth Spencer was born March 6, 1908 just north of the state line in Taylor County, Iowa, the daughter of Willard H. Smith and Julia M. Townsend Smith. Helen grew up living on the north side of the Iowa/Missouri state line. She attended rural schools.
On September 26, 1926 she was united in marriage to John Howard Spencer at the Methodist Parsonage in Bedford. To this union eight children were born.
Helen and Howard moved to Colorado after their marriage. After a short time they returned to Taylor County where she lived on a farm, raising her family until 1945 when she moved to Bedford. Howard died in 1948.
Helen served as treasurer for the Order of Eastern Star for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Baptist Women's Ministry where she was very active in their fellowship.
Helen always put others' needs before her own. She enjoyed her family most of all and was known to be very creative when it came to having a reason for the family to get together for dinner and socializing. Birthdays were also important to Helen, and all family birthdays, including her own, needed to be celebrated! She felt if she could have lived to be 100 years old would have been a real milestone.
Left to cherish Helen's memory are her five children, Rose Johnson and husband Ray of Corning; Raymond Spencer of Joliet, Ill.; Clyde Spencer and wife Joann of Bedford; Roy Spencer and wife Carolyn of Roodhouse, Ill.; and Evie Barnes and husband Mike of Des Moines; three sisters, Alice Tibbetts of Maryville, Mo.; Olive Wyckoff and husband Don of Norwalk; and Iva Sanders and husband Dale of Bedford; 21 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Preceding Helen in death were her husband Howard in 1948; her parents, Willard and Julia Smith; three sons, Howard Jr., Ivan and Donnie; four brothers, Kirk, Carl, Galen and another in infancy; two sisters in infancy; one grandchild, and one great-grandchild.
Bedford Times-Press, Wednesday, May 3, 2000
HELEN SPENCER
Funeral services for Helen Spencer, age 92 of Bedford, who died Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center were held Saturday, April 29, 2000 at 10:30, a.m. at Ritchie Funeral Home£ in Bedford with Pastor Jamie Mogler officiating. Interment was held in the Hopkins Cemetery. Memorials can be directed to the Children's Make A Wish Foundation.
Helen Elizabeth Spencer was born March 6, 1908 just north of the state line in Taylor County, Iowa, the daughter of Willard H. Smith and Julia M. Townsend Smith. Helen grew up living on the north side of the Iowa/Missouri state line. She attended rural schools.
On September 26, 1926 she was united in marriage to John Howard Spencer at the Methodist Parsonage in Bedford. To this union eight children were born.
Helen and Howard moved to Colorado after their marriage. After a short time they returned to Taylor County where she lived on a farm, raising her family until 1945 when she moved to Bedford. Howard died in 1948.
Helen served as treasurer for the Order of Eastern Star for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Baptist Women's Ministry where she was very active in their fellowship.
Helen always put others' needs before her own. She enjoyed her family most of all and was known to be very creative when it came to having a reason for the family to get together for dinner and socializing. Birthdays were also important to Helen, and all family birthdays, including her own, needed to be celebrated! She felt if she could have lived to be 100 years old would have been a real milestone.
Left to cherish Helen's memory are her five children, Rose Johnson and husband Ray of Corning; Raymond Spencer of Joliet, Ill.; Clyde Spencer and wife Joann of Bedford; Roy Spencer and wife Carolyn of Roodhouse, Ill.; and Evie Barnes and husband Mike of Des Moines; three sisters, Alice Tibbetts of Maryville, Mo.; Olive Wyckoff and husband Don of Norwalk; and Iva Sanders and husband Dale of Bedford; 21 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Preceding Helen in death were her husband Howard in 1948; her parents, Willard and Julia Smith; three sons, Howard Jr., Ivan and Donnie; four brothers, Kirk, Carl, Galen and another in infancy; two sisters in infancy; one grandchild, and one great-grandchild.
HELEN SPENCER
Funeral services for Helen Spencer, age 92 of Bedford, who died Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at the Bedford Nursing and Rehab Center were held Saturday, April 29, 2000 at 10:30, a.m. at Ritchie Funeral Home£ in Bedford with Pastor Jamie Mogler officiating. Interment was held in the Hopkins Cemetery. Memorials can be directed to the Children's Make A Wish Foundation.
Helen Elizabeth Spencer was born March 6, 1908 just north of the state line in Taylor County, Iowa, the daughter of Willard H. Smith and Julia M. Townsend Smith. Helen grew up living on the north side of the Iowa/Missouri state line. She attended rural schools.
On September 26, 1926 she was united in marriage to John Howard Spencer at the Methodist Parsonage in Bedford. To this union eight children were born.
Helen and Howard moved to Colorado after their marriage. After a short time they returned to Taylor County where she lived on a farm, raising her family until 1945 when she moved to Bedford. Howard died in 1948.
Helen served as treasurer for the Order of Eastern Star for many years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Baptist Women's Ministry where she was very active in their fellowship.
Helen always put others' needs before her own. She enjoyed her family most of all and was known to be very creative when it came to having a reason for the family to get together for dinner and socializing. Birthdays were also important to Helen, and all family birthdays, including her own, needed to be celebrated! She felt if she could have lived to be 100 years old would have been a real milestone.
Left to cherish Helen's memory are her five children, Rose Johnson and husband Ray of Corning; Raymond Spencer of Joliet, Ill.; Clyde Spencer and wife Joann of Bedford; Roy Spencer and wife Carolyn of Roodhouse, Ill.; and Evie Barnes and husband Mike of Des Moines; three sisters, Alice Tibbetts of Maryville, Mo.; Olive Wyckoff and husband Don of Norwalk; and Iva Sanders and husband Dale of Bedford; 21 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Preceding Helen in death were her husband Howard in 1948; her parents, Willard and Julia Smith; three sons, Howard Jr., Ivan and Donnie; four brothers, Kirk, Carl, Galen and another in infancy; two sisters in infancy; one grandchild, and one great-grandchild.
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