Hope Elizabeth Helfers, 96, Mound City, Missouri, Formerly of Craig, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Tiffany Heights Nursing Home.
She was born July 29, 1918 to Edgar and Maude (Davis) Gray.
She married Welton Helfers, February 25, 1940.
Hope graduated from Craig high School Class of 1935. She was a longtime member of St. Peter Lutheran Church and later at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. While at St. Peter she was the past president of the Ladies Aid and Dorcas Circle. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed gardening and quilting.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; son-in-law, Stephen Howard; six brothers, Ralph, Harold, Dean, Carl, Donald and Emory; three sisters, Edna, Marian and Doris.
Survivors: children, Barbara Wickham (Terry), St. Joseph, Missouri, Larry Helfers (Lynne), Craig, Missouri, Patty Howard, St. Joseph, Missouri and Rod Helfers (Leigh), Mound City; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services: 1:00 P.M. Friday, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Mound City, Missouri. Interment I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Craig, Missouri. The family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Thursday, Pettijohn
