Helen F. (Gebhart) WILLIAMS MUNDELL

MUNDELL, GEBHART, RUSS, WILLIAMS, KYAR, CORTEZ, EVANS, CONK, HARVEY, ACKERMAN, LINDSAY, KING, MARSH, DOYLE, JOHNSTON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/4/2011 at 13:04:59

November 25, 1926 --- November 30, 2011

Des Moines -- Helen F. Mundell passed peacefully from this life on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at home surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born November 25, 1926 to James W. and Clara M. (Russ) Gebhart, Sr. on her grandparent's farm near Dows, Iowa. Helen retired after many years as a baker. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post 682 in Altoona for 37 years. Helen was a devoted member holding several offices including Post President on two occasions. She liked to play cards, go fishing with her children and was a very accomplished artist. Helen was a good mother, a loving grandmother, a good sister and a good friend. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by her son, Rick A. (Debra) Williams; daughters, Kathy E. (Guy) Kyar, Dixie L. (Walter) Cortez, Jane Ann Evans and Cindy L. Conk; 17 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sisters, Pat (Don) Harvey and Mary Ackerman; many nieces and nephews and very good friend, Marilyn Lindsay. Helen was preceded in death by her parents; infant daughter, Linda Diane Williams; brothers, J.W. "Hap" Gebhart, Jr., Robert "Bob" Gebhart, Vern A. "Red" Gebhart and Marion E. Gebhart; sisters, Edith A. King and Florence F. Marsh; infant sister, Daisy; husbands, Leon A. Williams and Jay O. Mundell; step-daughter, JoAnn Doyle; and dear friend, Doris Johnston.

In lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to St. Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain, South Dakota; Hospice of Central Iowa; or another charity of donor's choice. A remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Union Park United Methodist Church, E. 12th & Guthrie in Des Moines. Hamiltons Funeral Home.

Des Moines Register -- Iowa
December 4, 2011