Helen Grace (McVicker) COLYER

MCVICKER, COLYER, PORTERFIELD, ZIMMERMAN, ROGERS, ROSS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/5/2010 at 11:54:24

September 30, 1913 -- October 1, 2010

Independence, MO — Helen Grace Colyer passed away on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at Rosewood Nursing Home in Independence, Mo. Private burial will be held Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at Mound Grove Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at East 39th Street Community of Christ, 15006 E. 39th Street at 2 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2010.

Helen was born September 30, 1913, in Eagle Grove, Iowa. She married Alden C. Colyer in 1934. He preceded her in death in 1984. Also preceding her in death were her parents, Glenn and Bessie McVicker, two brothers and four sisters.

Helen’s first job out of the home was at Macy’s in downtown Kansas City. She later worked at William Chrisman High School for nine years and in the dietary department at the Independence Sanitarium Hospital for 12 years. She loved her church and volunteering at the Laurel Club. She loved planting a large garden and canning all of her produce. She also enjoyed sewing and made the uniforms for HiBoy Drive-In for many years.

Her survivors include three sons: Robert A. Colyer (Lynne) Encinitas, California, James A. Colyer, Trenton, Mo., David L. Colyer (Karen), Buckner, Missouri and four daughters, Joyce F. Porterfield (Duane), Independence, Mo., Marilyn C. Rogers (Noel), Independence, Mo., Janice H. Zimmerman (Gary) Independence, Mo., and Barbara A. Colyer, Independence, Mo. Also surviving are two brothers David McVicker (Harriett), Independence, Mo., Daniel McVicker (Carla), Bevier, Mo., and one sister Emma Jean Ross, Pittsburg, Pa., 23 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Please no flowers. Contributions can be made to Outreach International. Arrangement: Speaks Suburban Chapel.

Oct 5, 2010
The Examiner, Independence, Missouri