OBITUARY: Helen G. (McCoy) Conley, Worth County, Iowa


                          Helen G. Conley


[The Northwood Anchor -- www.northwoodanchor.com -- September 04, 2001]


Prayer service and funeral service held for Conley

Helen G. Conley, 78, of Northwood, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa died Monday,
Aug. 27, 2001 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa.

A prayer service was held  on Wednesday at the Schroeder and Sites Funeral
Home, Northwood, with Rev. Allan Stoa officiating. Funeral services were held
on Thursday at the First Church of the Open Bible, Des Moines, with Rev.
Harry Russell officiating.  Burial was in the Resthaven Cemetery in West
Des Moines, Iowa.

Helen (McCoy) Conley was born on May 7, 1923 in Chariton, Iowa to Gene and
Hazel (Vawter) McCoy.  She attended school in Chariton and Des Moines where
she graduated from Lincoln High School.  Helen was a WAVE, and after World
War II attended Hamilton Business  College in Mason City.  She was married
to Dewey Conley and had one son, Stephen.

At the age of 28, Helen was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.  Because of
her illness, she retired in 1966, after years of working for the federal
government.

Following the death of her husband, Helen's health problems became more
severe.  She sold her home in Des Moines, and moved to the Willows in Mason
City.  She lived there nearly eight years.  She became a resident of the
Lutheran Retirement Home in December 1998.

Though she had severe health problems, Helen had a positive mental attitude.
She watched many hours of TV, played word games, enjoyed her friends and
all the family visits.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dewey Conley, son Stephen
Conley and brothers Ervin McCoy and Ralph McCoy.

She is survived by two granddaughters, Janis (Shawn) Ward, Jodi (Mark) Lewis;
great-grandson Cody Conley; one daughter-in-law Cordie Conley, all of Des
Moines; two brothers, Merrill McCoy of Strawberry Point, IA and John Moore
of Coss Bay, OR; three sisters, Maxine (Paul) Tantow of Mason City, Colleen
(Byford) Rogness of Emmons, MN, and Wilma (Chet) Amundson of Fertile and many
nieces and nephews. 




Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson; <kermit-k@juno.com>
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