Wade, Helen Marie (Bricker) 1925-2016

WADE, BRICKER, MCATEE

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 7/30/2016 at 10:30:12

Helen Marie Wade (Bricker)
January 23, 1925 ~ July 25, 2016 (age 91)
SHARING:

Helen Marie Wade, 91, of Newton died on Monday, July 25, 2016, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 29, 2016, at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, July 28, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the Community Heights Alliance Church may be left at the funeral home or the church the morning of the service.

Helen, the daughter of Leslie “Buck” and Mary (McAtee) Bricker, was born on January 23, 1925 in Newton. She graduated from Newton High School in 1943. In 1943 and 1944, Helen worked for the Maytag Company. On March 24, 1944, Helen was united in marriage with LeRoy Wade in Newton. They lived in Newton, then made their home in California for one year and Colfax for five years before returning to Newton. Helen was a homemaker until 1973, when she began working as a CNA at Skiff Medical Center for 15 years. She was a member and Sunday School teacher at the Community Heights Alliance Church since 1952. Helen enjoyed winter road trips to the southwest part of the United States, camping, singing at churches around Iowa, and buying and selling antiques.

Those left to honor Helen’s memory are her sons, Sidney “Nip” (Sandi) Wade of Spokane, Washington, Leslie “Tuck” (Pam) Wade of Newton, Chris (Julie) Wade of Bettendorf, and John (Rita) Wade of Rocky Mount, North Carolina; 19 grandchildren; her 21 great-grandchildren; 8 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, LeRoy in 1999; two brothers, Richard and James Bricker; and a daughter-in-law, Laneta Wade in 1994.

VISITATION Thursday
July 28, 2016
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory
Newton, IA

FUNERAL SERVICE Friday
July 29, 2016
10:30 AM
Community Heights Alliance Church
Newton, IA ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa 25 Jul 2016.