Full Name: Helene E. England Age: 89 Years
Current address: of Topeka
Date of death: Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Place of death: Topeka Hospice House
Date of birth: November 14, 1913
Place of birth: Stull, Kansas
Parents: Oscar V. and Juanita S. Eberhart Roller
Background:
Mrs. England graduated from Highland Park High School in 1931. She then taught school for 3 years at Benham School. She and her husband farmed in the Topeka area before moving to the Lake of the Ozarks for 30 years. She received many baking awards while living there. They returned to Topeka in 2002 where she was a homemaker. Mrs. England loved water skiiing and continued to enjoyed that
sport until her mid 80's.
She was a charter member of the Shawnee Heights United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of the Women's Missionary Society.
Married to: J. Boyd England, September 26, 1936 in Yates Center, Kansas
Immediate survivors:
Husband: Boyd England, Topeka, Kansas
Daughter: Jan England, Longmont, Colorado
Daughter: Carol Elliott, Osage Beach, Missouri
Daughter: Alice Cnossen, Topeka, Kansas
Sister: Irene Hoffsommer, Overbrook, Kansas
Five Grandchildren
One Great-Granddaughter
Service: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Monday, March 10, 2003 at Shawnee Heights United Methodist Church.
Burial: Bethel Cemetery in Tecumseh, KS
Visitation: Mrs. England will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel after 2:00 p.m. on Sunday where the family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions Shawnee Heights United Methodist Church 6020 S.E. 44th Street Tecumseh, Kansas 66542
Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave, Topeka, Kansas
Jody Napier ~ Director