Note: this memorial updated April 2, 2017.
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Fairfield Ledger
Friday March 4, 1983
Rachel Speer
Rachel E. Speer, 82, of Birmingham, longtime resident of Fairfield, died at 3:10 a.m. today at Jefferson County Hospital.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Senior Citizen Center. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Raymond Funeral Home.
Mrs. Speer was born June 5, 1900 at Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Arthur and Lucy Hamilton Helphrey*. She lived most of her life in the Jefferson County community. She married Floyd A. Speer on March 31, 1921 at Fairfield. He died Dec. 31, 1973.
Surviving are five children, Wilma Groh of Sioux City, Berle Speer of Boulder, Colo., Barbara Keller of Birmingham, Don Speer of Marion and Verna Shannon of Martell, Neb.; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A son and two grandchildren preceded her in death.
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* Although there is a Lucy Hamilton Helphrey with a memorial in Henry County, Iowa (see: Lucy Hamilton Helphrey), that Lucy died on Sept. 1, 1891, so is not the mother of Rachel, who was born on June 5, 1900.
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Fairfield Ledger
Friday March 4, 1983
Rachel Speer
Rachel E. Speer, 82, of Birmingham, longtime resident of Fairfield, died at 3:10 a.m. today at Jefferson County Hospital.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Senior Citizen Center. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Raymond Funeral Home.
Mrs. Speer was born June 5, 1900 at Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Arthur and Lucy Hamilton Helphrey*. She lived most of her life in the Jefferson County community. She married Floyd A. Speer on March 31, 1921 at Fairfield. He died Dec. 31, 1973.
Surviving are five children, Wilma Groh of Sioux City, Berle Speer of Boulder, Colo., Barbara Keller of Birmingham, Don Speer of Marion and Verna Shannon of Martell, Neb.; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A son and two grandchildren preceded her in death.
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* Although there is a Lucy Hamilton Helphrey with a memorial in Henry County, Iowa (see: Lucy Hamilton Helphrey), that Lucy died on Sept. 1, 1891, so is not the mother of Rachel, who was born on June 5, 1900.
Note: this memorial updated April 2, 2017.
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Fairfield Ledger
Friday March 4, 1983
Rachel Speer
Rachel E. Speer, 82, of Birmingham, longtime resident of Fairfield, died at 3:10 a.m. today at Jefferson County Hospital.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Senior Citizen Center. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Raymond Funeral Home.
Mrs. Speer was born June 5, 1900 at Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Arthur and Lucy Hamilton Helphrey*. She lived most of her life in the Jefferson County community. She married Floyd A. Speer on March 31, 1921 at Fairfield. He died Dec. 31, 1973.
Surviving are five children, Wilma Groh of Sioux City, Berle Speer of Boulder, Colo., Barbara Keller of Birmingham, Don Speer of Marion and Verna Shannon of Martell, Neb.; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A son and two grandchildren preceded her in death.
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* Although there is a Lucy Hamilton Helphrey with a memorial in Henry County, Iowa (see: Lucy Hamilton Helphrey), that Lucy died on Sept. 1, 1891, so is not the mother of Rachel, who was born on June 5, 1900.
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Fairfield Ledger
Friday March 4, 1983
Rachel Speer
Rachel E. Speer, 82, of Birmingham, longtime resident of Fairfield, died at 3:10 a.m. today at Jefferson County Hospital.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Senior Citizen Center. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Raymond Funeral Home.
Mrs. Speer was born June 5, 1900 at Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Arthur and Lucy Hamilton Helphrey*. She lived most of her life in the Jefferson County community. She married Floyd A. Speer on March 31, 1921 at Fairfield. He died Dec. 31, 1973.
Surviving are five children, Wilma Groh of Sioux City, Berle Speer of Boulder, Colo., Barbara Keller of Birmingham, Don Speer of Marion and Verna Shannon of Martell, Neb.; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A son and two grandchildren preceded her in death.
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* Although there is a Lucy Hamilton Helphrey with a memorial in Henry County, Iowa (see: Lucy Hamilton Helphrey), that Lucy died on Sept. 1, 1891, so is not the mother of Rachel, who was born on June 5, 1900.
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