Phelps, Helen J. 1904-2001

PHELPS, WYLIE, BLATHERWICK

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/2/2008 at 20:18:01

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Helen J. Phelps, 97, of Kingsley, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH: Friday, July 6, 2001
CAUSE OF DEATH:
PLACE OF DEATH: …at her residence
DATE OF BIRTH: April 4, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
PARENTS: Robert B. and Ada (Blatherwick) Wylie
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: H. Floyd Phelps, May 11, 1929, Iowa City, Iowa
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: They lived in Kingsley, Iowa. She was instrumental in starting the Kingsley Public Library in 1930, and was the first librarian, a position she held for several years.
SURVIVORS: …include two daughters and their husbands, Sally Ann and Sydney Kaufman of Plymouth, Mich., and Janet and Robert Kratz of Eden Prairie, Minn.; two sons and their wives, Robert P. and Carol Phelps and George W. and Linda Phelps, all of Kingsley; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …a grandson, Hugh C. Wells.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Kingsley Cemetery, Kingsley, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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