Helen Lillian Draper was the oldest of six children born to John Percy and Emma E. Duncan Draper of Butler, Pennsylvania. She and her mother became ill with Typhoid Fever when Helen was a young girl and both were hospitalized. Her mother died while in the hospital, and Helen was left to raise her siblings while her father worked.
After she was an adult, she worked at Spaide Shirt Factory, and during World War II she worked at Armco Butler Works.
She married Carl Buchanan in 1932 and had a daughter Joyce. The family moved to California in 1946, but Helen never forgot her home in Butler. For several years, she spent six months each year in Butler.
She was a Worthy Matron and 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Bell Chapter in California. She also was a member of the Convenant Presbyterian Church in California.
She is greatly missed by her family, but is at home now with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
After she was an adult, she worked at Spaide Shirt Factory, and during World War II she worked at Armco Butler Works.
She married Carl Buchanan in 1932 and had a daughter Joyce. The family moved to California in 1946, but Helen never forgot her home in Butler. For several years, she spent six months each year in Butler.
She was a Worthy Matron and 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Bell Chapter in California. She also was a member of the Convenant Presbyterian Church in California.
She is greatly missed by her family, but is at home now with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Helen Lillian Draper was the oldest of six children born to John Percy and Emma E. Duncan Draper of Butler, Pennsylvania. She and her mother became ill with Typhoid Fever when Helen was a young girl and both were hospitalized. Her mother died while in the hospital, and Helen was left to raise her siblings while her father worked.
After she was an adult, she worked at Spaide Shirt Factory, and during World War II she worked at Armco Butler Works.
She married Carl Buchanan in 1932 and had a daughter Joyce. The family moved to California in 1946, but Helen never forgot her home in Butler. For several years, she spent six months each year in Butler.
She was a Worthy Matron and 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Bell Chapter in California. She also was a member of the Convenant Presbyterian Church in California.
She is greatly missed by her family, but is at home now with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
After she was an adult, she worked at Spaide Shirt Factory, and during World War II she worked at Armco Butler Works.
She married Carl Buchanan in 1932 and had a daughter Joyce. The family moved to California in 1946, but Helen never forgot her home in Butler. For several years, she spent six months each year in Butler.
She was a Worthy Matron and 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Bell Chapter in California. She also was a member of the Convenant Presbyterian Church in California.
She is greatly missed by her family, but is at home now with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Bio by: Judy Cain Bowser
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Helen was cremated and her ashes divided between Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, CA and Rose Hill, Butler, PA
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