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Helen Elizabeth
(Rhoades) Anthony
Helen Elizabeth (Rhoades) Anthony, age 89 of Greenville, Ohio passed
away at 4:31 A.M. Tuesday October 11, 2011 at the Brethren Retirement
Center of Greenville following a short illness. She was born May
16, 1922 in Darke County, Ohio and was the daughter of the late George
H. and Anna Caroline (Bryson) Rhoades.
Helen was a 1940 graduate of Greenville High School and was a lifelong
member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Greenville. She was
retired from the Second National Bank of Greenville following 28 years
of employment, starting in bookkeeping, then as a teller and later as
manager of new accounts. She enjoyed the customers and her work,
and was remembered for her pleasant personality and humor.
As an accomplished musician, Helen played both the piano and violin,
and for many years sang soprano in the church choir. She loved
sewing and quilting by hand, having made many beautiful and perfectly
stitched quilts for her family.
Helen was grateful for her life on the farm, which included tending
large vegetable and flower gardens, and helping whenever needed in the
fields. She loved animals, especially horses and cats.
In addition to her parents, Helen was preceded in death by her husband
of 56 years, Carl W. Anthony, to whom she was married October 9, 1948;
one daughter, Carolyn Sue Anthony in 2001; and one granddaughter,
Lauren Melissa Courtney in 2000.
Helen is survived by one daughter and son in law Deborah and Daniel
Lacey of Dayton and one granddaughter and her husband Kristin Elizabeth
and Ryan Wilson of Los Angeles, CA; two half-brothers, Steve (Sue)
Rhoades of Wardensville, W. VA., and Richard (Marilyn) Rhoades of
Greenville; special friends Mary and John Suter of Greenville, and
faithful kitty “Rosie”.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 14, 2011, in
the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 131 East Fourth Street, Greenville, Ohio
with Pastor Peter Menke officiating. Burial will follow in the
Greenville Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday
one hour prior to the services in the Church.
The family suggests that, in lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions
may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Greenville, The Darke
County Humane Society or the Hospice of Darke County.
Funeral arrangements by Zechar Bailey Funeral Home Greenville, Ohio.
Condolences for the family may be sent to www.zecharbailey.com
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