Her TX birth certificate shows her given name was initially Elena, which is Spanish for Helen. She was the 10th child born to her parents with 7 living (including Helen).
1940 Census in El Paso, TX, with her parents and siblings with a lodger in their home. They resided on E. Yandell:
Charles F Keehn 67
Maria Keehn 48
Sam Keehn 24
Carlota Keehn 19
Gloria Keehn 15
Carl Keehn 13
Hugh Keehn 11
Helen Keehn 9
Ludwick Keehn 8
William Hunter 67 (Lodger)
NOTE:
Brother Paul, born in 1919, had already left the home. Twin brothers had been born in 1922 and died in 1922.
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Helen was married 3 times: Billy C Dietz, Bob Sutton and a Mr Lowery. She was listed as Helen Lowery in her brother Ludwig's 2004 obituary.
Harrison Daily Times (AR) - Friday, January 30, 2015
Services will be announced at a later date by the family.
Helen Dietz Lowery, 84, of Diamond City, passed away Monday, Jan. 26 (2015) in Harrison.
Services will be announced by family at a later date.
Helen was born Oct. 5, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Maria Keehn. After attending school in El Paso, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. A few years later, Helen moved to Sycamore, Illinois, which is where she met and married Billy C. Dietz.
In 1953, they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to open a new business and raise their family. Helen worked in the Alumni Placement Office at Memphis State, now University of Memphis. She lost her husband in 1985 due to cancer, later moving to the Diamond City in 1988, where she married the late Bob Sutton.
Helen loved life, her family and friends. She enjoyed playing golf at Diamond Hills Country Club and also fishing and gardening.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; six of her siblings; husbands, Billy C. Dietz and Bob Sutton; and one daughter, Sharon Ann Dietz Gard.
Helen is survived by her loving daughter, Mary and husband, Jim Pike, of Shirley; sister, Carlo Aguirre, of La Mirada, California; four grandsons, Josh Pike (Shelley), Marty Fahr (Kristy), Chad Pike and Michael Fahr; and five great-grandchildren, Dylan Pike, Zane Pike, Abby Pike, Brody Fahr and Alexy Fahr, of the Memphis, Tennessee area.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice of the Hills in Harrison and the American Cancer Society.
CITE THIS RECORD
Harrison Daily Times, obit for Helen Dietz Lowery, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries
/obit/169F6A18F58FC2F0-169F6A18F58FC2F0:
accessed 6 July 2018)
NOTE: Sister Carlo in the obituary is Carlotta. Obituary shows 6 siblings were deceased but there was also a set of twin brothers who died in 1922, which her family apparently didn't know about.
1940 Census in El Paso, TX, with her parents and siblings with a lodger in their home. They resided on E. Yandell:
Charles F Keehn 67
Maria Keehn 48
Sam Keehn 24
Carlota Keehn 19
Gloria Keehn 15
Carl Keehn 13
Hugh Keehn 11
Helen Keehn 9
Ludwick Keehn 8
William Hunter 67 (Lodger)
NOTE:
Brother Paul, born in 1919, had already left the home. Twin brothers had been born in 1922 and died in 1922.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Helen was married 3 times: Billy C Dietz, Bob Sutton and a Mr Lowery. She was listed as Helen Lowery in her brother Ludwig's 2004 obituary.
Harrison Daily Times (AR) - Friday, January 30, 2015
Services will be announced at a later date by the family.
Helen Dietz Lowery, 84, of Diamond City, passed away Monday, Jan. 26 (2015) in Harrison.
Services will be announced by family at a later date.
Helen was born Oct. 5, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Maria Keehn. After attending school in El Paso, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. A few years later, Helen moved to Sycamore, Illinois, which is where she met and married Billy C. Dietz.
In 1953, they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to open a new business and raise their family. Helen worked in the Alumni Placement Office at Memphis State, now University of Memphis. She lost her husband in 1985 due to cancer, later moving to the Diamond City in 1988, where she married the late Bob Sutton.
Helen loved life, her family and friends. She enjoyed playing golf at Diamond Hills Country Club and also fishing and gardening.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; six of her siblings; husbands, Billy C. Dietz and Bob Sutton; and one daughter, Sharon Ann Dietz Gard.
Helen is survived by her loving daughter, Mary and husband, Jim Pike, of Shirley; sister, Carlo Aguirre, of La Mirada, California; four grandsons, Josh Pike (Shelley), Marty Fahr (Kristy), Chad Pike and Michael Fahr; and five great-grandchildren, Dylan Pike, Zane Pike, Abby Pike, Brody Fahr and Alexy Fahr, of the Memphis, Tennessee area.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice of the Hills in Harrison and the American Cancer Society.
CITE THIS RECORD
Harrison Daily Times, obit for Helen Dietz Lowery, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries
/obit/169F6A18F58FC2F0-169F6A18F58FC2F0:
accessed 6 July 2018)
NOTE: Sister Carlo in the obituary is Carlotta. Obituary shows 6 siblings were deceased but there was also a set of twin brothers who died in 1922, which her family apparently didn't know about.
Her TX birth certificate shows her given name was initially Elena, which is Spanish for Helen. She was the 10th child born to her parents with 7 living (including Helen).
1940 Census in El Paso, TX, with her parents and siblings with a lodger in their home. They resided on E. Yandell:
Charles F Keehn 67
Maria Keehn 48
Sam Keehn 24
Carlota Keehn 19
Gloria Keehn 15
Carl Keehn 13
Hugh Keehn 11
Helen Keehn 9
Ludwick Keehn 8
William Hunter 67 (Lodger)
NOTE:
Brother Paul, born in 1919, had already left the home. Twin brothers had been born in 1922 and died in 1922.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Helen was married 3 times: Billy C Dietz, Bob Sutton and a Mr Lowery. She was listed as Helen Lowery in her brother Ludwig's 2004 obituary.
Harrison Daily Times (AR) - Friday, January 30, 2015
Services will be announced at a later date by the family.
Helen Dietz Lowery, 84, of Diamond City, passed away Monday, Jan. 26 (2015) in Harrison.
Services will be announced by family at a later date.
Helen was born Oct. 5, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Maria Keehn. After attending school in El Paso, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. A few years later, Helen moved to Sycamore, Illinois, which is where she met and married Billy C. Dietz.
In 1953, they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to open a new business and raise their family. Helen worked in the Alumni Placement Office at Memphis State, now University of Memphis. She lost her husband in 1985 due to cancer, later moving to the Diamond City in 1988, where she married the late Bob Sutton.
Helen loved life, her family and friends. She enjoyed playing golf at Diamond Hills Country Club and also fishing and gardening.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; six of her siblings; husbands, Billy C. Dietz and Bob Sutton; and one daughter, Sharon Ann Dietz Gard.
Helen is survived by her loving daughter, Mary and husband, Jim Pike, of Shirley; sister, Carlo Aguirre, of La Mirada, California; four grandsons, Josh Pike (Shelley), Marty Fahr (Kristy), Chad Pike and Michael Fahr; and five great-grandchildren, Dylan Pike, Zane Pike, Abby Pike, Brody Fahr and Alexy Fahr, of the Memphis, Tennessee area.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice of the Hills in Harrison and the American Cancer Society.
CITE THIS RECORD
Harrison Daily Times, obit for Helen Dietz Lowery, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries
/obit/169F6A18F58FC2F0-169F6A18F58FC2F0:
accessed 6 July 2018)
NOTE: Sister Carlo in the obituary is Carlotta. Obituary shows 6 siblings were deceased but there was also a set of twin brothers who died in 1922, which her family apparently didn't know about.
1940 Census in El Paso, TX, with her parents and siblings with a lodger in their home. They resided on E. Yandell:
Charles F Keehn 67
Maria Keehn 48
Sam Keehn 24
Carlota Keehn 19
Gloria Keehn 15
Carl Keehn 13
Hugh Keehn 11
Helen Keehn 9
Ludwick Keehn 8
William Hunter 67 (Lodger)
NOTE:
Brother Paul, born in 1919, had already left the home. Twin brothers had been born in 1922 and died in 1922.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Helen was married 3 times: Billy C Dietz, Bob Sutton and a Mr Lowery. She was listed as Helen Lowery in her brother Ludwig's 2004 obituary.
Harrison Daily Times (AR) - Friday, January 30, 2015
Services will be announced at a later date by the family.
Helen Dietz Lowery, 84, of Diamond City, passed away Monday, Jan. 26 (2015) in Harrison.
Services will be announced by family at a later date.
Helen was born Oct. 5, 1930, in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Charles Frederick and Maria Keehn. After attending school in El Paso, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. A few years later, Helen moved to Sycamore, Illinois, which is where she met and married Billy C. Dietz.
In 1953, they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to open a new business and raise their family. Helen worked in the Alumni Placement Office at Memphis State, now University of Memphis. She lost her husband in 1985 due to cancer, later moving to the Diamond City in 1988, where she married the late Bob Sutton.
Helen loved life, her family and friends. She enjoyed playing golf at Diamond Hills Country Club and also fishing and gardening.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; six of her siblings; husbands, Billy C. Dietz and Bob Sutton; and one daughter, Sharon Ann Dietz Gard.
Helen is survived by her loving daughter, Mary and husband, Jim Pike, of Shirley; sister, Carlo Aguirre, of La Mirada, California; four grandsons, Josh Pike (Shelley), Marty Fahr (Kristy), Chad Pike and Michael Fahr; and five great-grandchildren, Dylan Pike, Zane Pike, Abby Pike, Brody Fahr and Alexy Fahr, of the Memphis, Tennessee area.
Memorials may be made to the Hospice of the Hills in Harrison and the American Cancer Society.
CITE THIS RECORD
Harrison Daily Times, obit for Helen Dietz Lowery, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries
/obit/169F6A18F58FC2F0-169F6A18F58FC2F0:
accessed 6 July 2018)
NOTE: Sister Carlo in the obituary is Carlotta. Obituary shows 6 siblings were deceased but there was also a set of twin brothers who died in 1922, which her family apparently didn't know about.
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