St. Clair County Obits

HELEN I. MCCONNAUGHEY

St. Clair County Courier
15 December 2006
Helen Irene McConnaughey, 80, Lowry City, formerly of Richards, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, at Truman Lake Manor in Lowry City. She was born Sept. 8, 1926, in Nevada, Mo., to William James Brewer and Linnie Jane Simmons Brewer. She married David Platt McConnaughey on Oct. 23, 1943 in Salina, Kan.
Helen attended Richards High School and was a resident of the Richards area most of her life. She lived in Nevada before moving to Lowry City in 2002. She was a homemaker most of her life, a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary in Ft. Scott, Kan., a Vernon County 4-H Leader, a member of the Crossroads Church of the Nazarene in Deepwater and a Sunday school teacher at Truman Lake Manor.
Survivors include one daughter, Peggy Keith and her husband, Bryan, Deepwater; two grandsons, Christopher Keith, Clinton and Zachary Keith, Tulsa, Okla.; one brother, Gilbert Eugene Brewer, Richards; one sister, Ruby Sammons, Colorado springs, Colo.; one sister-in-law, Dorothy McConnaughey, Richards; numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her friend and companion of the past 30 years, Herman Eugene Vandenburg.
She was preceded in death by her husband, David Platt McConnaughey on Sept. 22, 1974; her parents; six brothers; two sisters and one infant daughter.
Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 11, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.
Interment followed in National Cemetery, Ft. Scott, Kan.
Those who wish may contribute in her memory to the Crossroads Church of the Nazarene in care of Ferry Funeral Home, 301 S. Washington, Nevada, MO 64772.