Helen R. Metcalf, 92, Emporia, Kansas, and formerly of Fort Scott, Kansas, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2012 at Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
Helen Rosella Elder, the daughter of Charles and Bessie (Kinion) Elder, was born in Woodson, Kansas on March 23, 1920. She married Otis Metcalf at Fort Scott on December 22, 1941. He died in June of 1960.
Surviving family members include sons, Dale (Kay), of Columbia, Missiouri. and Dwight (Linda), of Emporia; daughter, Carolyn Mann, Wichita; a brother, Cleo Elder, Osborne, Kansas; as well as ten grandchildren, and eighteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Kenneth, Verlin, Merlin, Gene, and Joe Elder; and sisters, Mary Rehor and Blanche Myers.
Mrs. Metcalf was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, Kansas, and the United Presbyterian Women of the church. She worked as a dietician at Mercy Hospital, and also worked for Key Work Clothes, and as head cook at the middle school in Fort Scott.
The family will receive friends at the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, at 11:00 AM Tuesday, August 7, 2012. A Graveside service will be held in Memory Gardens of Bourbon County at 1:00 PM that afternoon. The service will be conducted by Pastor Jared Witt, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott.
A memorial has been established for the Jones Health Care Center of Emporia Presbyterian Manor, with contributions sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett funeral Home. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Helen R. Metcalf, please visit our flower store.
Helen Rosella Elder, the daughter of Charles and Bessie (Kinion) Elder, was born in Woodson, Kansas on March 23, 1920. She married Otis Metcalf at Fort Scott on December 22, 1941. He died in June of 1960.
Surviving family members include sons, Dale (Kay), of Columbia, Missiouri. and Dwight (Linda), of Emporia; daughter, Carolyn Mann, Wichita; a brother, Cleo Elder, Osborne, Kansas; as well as ten grandchildren, and eighteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Kenneth, Verlin, Merlin, Gene, and Joe Elder; and sisters, Mary Rehor and Blanche Myers.
Mrs. Metcalf was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, Kansas, and the United Presbyterian Women of the church. She worked as a dietician at Mercy Hospital, and also worked for Key Work Clothes, and as head cook at the middle school in Fort Scott.
The family will receive friends at the First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott, at 11:00 AM Tuesday, August 7, 2012. A Graveside service will be held in Memory Gardens of Bourbon County at 1:00 PM that afternoon. The service will be conducted by Pastor Jared Witt, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Scott.
A memorial has been established for the Jones Health Care Center of Emporia Presbyterian Manor, with contributions sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett funeral Home. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Helen R. Metcalf, please visit our flower store.
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