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Helen L Miller DeCoursey
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Birth: Feb. 12, 1914
Prescott
Shelby County
Indiana, USA
Death: Mar. 17, 2008
Indianapolis
Marion County
Indiana, USA
Shelbyville News 18 Mar 2008
Helen L. DeCoursey
Helen L. (Miller) DeCoursey, 94, of Greenfield died Monday, March 17, 2008, at St. Francis Hospital and Health Center in Indianapolis.
Born Feb. 12, 1914, in Prescott, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Anna (Schaff) Miller. She married M. Wayne DeCoursey on Feb. 24, 1935, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 31, 1978.
Survivors include her son, Byron W. (wife, Nikki) DeCoursey of Sharps Chapel, Tenn.; daughters, Diane L. (husband, Bill) Trappen of Fallbrook, Calif., Joyce (husband, James) Mescall and Lynda (husband, Jerry) Berkholz, both of Indianapolis, Barbara (husband, Michael) Rodgers of Grove City, Ohio, Ladonna Coleman of Fullington, Calif., Karen (husband, Thomas) Walters of Madison, Ala., and Lynne Campbell of Cape Coral, Fla.; 21 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Paul Miller, Dick Miller and Eddie Miller; and sisters, Katherine Blackburn and Betty Vesque.
Mrs. DeCoursey had been employed in sales with the J.C. Penney Co. in Indianapolis for 20 years, retiring in 1979.
She graduated from Waldron High School in 1932.
Mrs. DeCoursey was a former member of Holy Spirit and St. Simmons Catholic Church.
She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and quilting and loved to play cards and travel.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Freeman Family Funeral Homes, Carmony-Ewing Harrison Street Chapel, 819 S. Harrison St.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 4218 E. Michigan Road, with the Rev. Paul Landwerlen officiating.
Interment will be in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Cemetery in Shelby County.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Palliative Care and Hospice, in care of St. Francis Health Care Foundation, 1600 Albany St., Beech Grove, IN 46107.
Online condolences may be sent to www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.
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Parents:
Lawrence W. Miller (1881 - 1936)
Anna Magdelena Schaf Miller (1885 - 1963)
Sibling:
Kathryn Miller Blackburn (____ - 1951)*
Helen L Miller DeCoursey (1914 - 2008)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Cemetery
Waldron
Shelby County
Indiana, USA
Created by: Mark E. Wirey
Record added: May 28, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 37610510
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1914 - 2008 (94 years)
