Percy Ray Helphrey
Born: October 30, 1887 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Died: December 13, 1942 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Buried: Lot 147, plot 7
Lot Owner: Clarence Miller, purchased in 1932
Married: Alta Grace Coker on February 19, 1913 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Parents: Lewis S. and Tilsie Ann (Marshall) Helphrey1
Percy Helphrey Dies
Heart Ailment, Pneumonia Fatal To
Farmer in the Metz Community
Percy R. Helphrey, well-known farmer in the Metz community died at Skiff Memorial hospital last Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock of a heart ailment and pneumonia.
Mr. Helphrey, 55 years old, had been in ill health for the past year. He suffered from a heart ailment but recently pneumonia developed and he became a patient at the hospital Saturday morning.
He farmed the old Helphrey homestead, five miles southwest of Newton, which has been operated by the Helphrey family for three generations.
To Minnesota
The son of the late Louis and Tilsie Marshall Helphrey, he was born on the farm Oct. 30, 1887. He attended a rural school in the community and was married to Alta Coker of Newton Feb. 19, 1913. The two lived on the farm for six years then moved to near West Concord, Minn., where they live for ? years, then returned to the Helphrey farm.
Mr. Helphrey was a member of the Palo Alto Grange and served as Master of the Grange for two years. He was a member of the Methodist church of West Concord, Minn.
Relatives surviving include his wife, a sister, Mrs. William Allen of Newton, and five nephews and nieces, Sgt. William Helphrey of the U. S. army, a former resident of Waterloo, Ia., now stationed at Camp Barkeley, Tex., LeRoy Helphrey of Worthington, Minn., Francis Moore of Newton, and Mozell and Darlene Moore of Newton.
Funeral Wednesday
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Earl, who died July of 1931. Mrs. Earl Helphrey now makes her home with her son, LeRoy, in Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at Murdoch Funeral home here Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 16, at 2 o'clock, with Dr. Loren M. Edwards Minister of the Newton First Methodist church, in charge. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the services. ~ The Newton Daily News, December 14, 1942
P. R. Helphrey Rites Are Held
Funeral services for Percy R. Helphrey, 55-year-old farmer of the Metz community, who died at Skiff Memorial hospital Sunday, were conducted from the Murdock funeral home Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 13. Rev. Loren M. Edwards, minister of the Newton First Methodist church, officiated at the services.
Ralph Miller, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. H. L. Jackson, sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and "I've Done My Work."
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Grange Member
Mr. Helphrey was a member of the Palo Alto grange and served as a master of the grange for two years. He was a member of the Methodist church of West Concord, Minn.
Included among those attending the services from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Warren and C. Coker of Brooklyn, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Coker of Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coker and Frank ? of Omaha, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Jack St? and Mrs. William Everets of West Concord, Minn., LeRoy Helphrey of Worthington, Miss., Sgt. William L. Helphrey of Camp Barkeley, Tex. , Mrs. Susie Houck, of Des Moines, and Mr. and Mrs. George Brock of prairie City, Ia. ~ Newton Daily News, December 16, 1942.
Alta (Coker) Helphrey Moore
Born: October 15, 18922 Carroll, Carroll Co., Iowa
Died: April 27, 1981 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa2
Buried: Lot 147, plot 8
Lot Owner: Clarence Miller, purchased in 1932
Married: Percy Helphrey on Feb 19, 1913 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Married: Allen Moore on September 5, 1953 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Parents: Clayborn and Phoebe Mather Coker2
Alta Moore rites Thursday;
Dies on Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Allen (Alta) Moore, 88, of Midtown Apartments will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Reese Chapel.
Dr. Richard Bentzinger, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
She died Monday evening at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.
Memorial contributions to the First United Methodist Church will be accepted. Memorials may be left at the church or at the funeral home.
Friends may call at the Reece Funeral Home.
Survivors are a step-son, Francis Moore of Newton; two step-daughters, Mozelle Stech of Hampton and Darlene Martinez of San Francisco Calif.; nine step-grandchildren; 10 step-great grandchildren; and two brothers, Charles Coker of Sun Valley, Calif., and Floyd Coker of Long Beach, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Percy Helfrey in 1942 and Allen Moore in 1977; and a sister.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto Grange and World War I Barracks Auxiliary.
She had taught school prior to her first marriage and had been a matron at the Girls' Training School in Mitchellville.
The daughter of Clayborn and Phoebe Mather Coker, she was born Oct. 15, 1892 in Carroll, was educated in Jasper County schools, was a graduate of Newton Community High School and had attended the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls.
She was married to Percy Helfrey in 1913 and to Allen Moore in 1953. ~ The Newton Daily News, April 29, 1981
1. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 3, page 183
2. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 5, R91-293
3. Dee Stamper
Mary L. Helphrey
Born: April 2, 1873 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: January 3, 1876 in Jasper Co., Iowa3
Buried: Lot 167, plot 1
Lot Owner: Peter Hlphrey, purchased in 1885
Parents: Peter and Sarah Elizbeth Kennedy Helphrey3
