Helen Lois (McGee) Mathew Obituary (1937

Helen Lois (McGee) Mathew the daughter of Loise Mitchell and Emmie (Borrer) McGee was born July 19, 1937 at McMahan, Texas. She departed this life on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at her home in Hastings, Nebraska at the age of 77 years. Helen graduated high school in 1955 from Muskogee, OK. She was then united in marriage to Thomas Charles Keaton on May 28, 1955. Thomas passed away on August 8, 1976 and Helen then married John Duane Mathew on August 20, 1977 at Red Cloud, Nebraska. John passed away on June 15, 2002. Helen worked for many years as the Director of the Webster County Museum and worked as a Willa Cather tour guide. She had been very active with the Red Cloud Community she was a long time member of the First United Methodist Church of Red Cloud, PEO Chapter Y, Red Cloud; OES Charity Chapter #47 of Red Cloud as well as the OES Acacia Chapter of Hastings, NE; the Daughters of the Nile and a member of the Nebraska Tourism Board. Helen was an accomplished artist she dearly loved painting which she would give to family and friends. She enjoyed sewing doing seamstress work and was cake decorator. Helen did research for the Red Cloud cemetery cataloging grave spaces and tracking down unmarked graves in Webster County. Helen had done the cemetery index at the Red Cloud Cemetery and maintained it yearly. She is preceded in death by her sister Kathy Leisure, step son Scot Mathew; sister in law Dorothy Otting, LaVern O'Neal; brothers in law Kenneth Keaton; Floyd Bryant, Jerry Griffith and Ricky Taylor. Survivors include her daughters: Sherry Noakes and husband Tom of Elizabeth, CO; Lisa Russo and husband Tony of Gretna, NE; step daughters Pamela Kinslow and husband Tim of Spring, TX; Brenda O'Brien and husband Fernando of Miami, FL; Karen Lyon and husband Cliff of Dallas, TX; sister Carolyn Bryant of Rowlett, TX; brothers: Jimmie McGee and wife Margie of Kaufman, TX; Billie McGee and wife Joyce of Rockwall, Texas; Bobbie McGee and wife Barbara of Royce City, TX; sisters-in-law: Shirley Kort and husband Keith of Blue Hill, NE; Carol Thorp and husband Loren of New Cambria, KS; Juanita Griffith of Michigan; Maurce Taylor of Bakersfield, CA; brothers-in-law: Vachel Keaton and wife Miyoshi of Garden City, KS; Ronnie Keaton and wife Charlene of Denton, TX; Mike Keaton and wife Carolyn of Farmington, NM; 9 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren, nieces, nephews other relatives and a host of friends. Memorial services will be held Saturday 10:30 AM, January 31, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Rev. Warren Schoming will be officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Red Cloud Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at wmsfh.com. Williams Funeral Home of Red Cloud, NE is in charge of the arrangements. Williams Funeral Home - Red Cloud Chapel PH 402 746 2500