Helen Rose Lingle
November 18, 2012
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Helen Rose Lingle, of Lucas, Iowa, daughter of Frank Russell Lingle and Rose Lorraine Logsdon, was born on January 19, 1933, in Osceola, Iowa, and passed away on November 18, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 79.
Helen attended school in Woodburn and Des Moines. She spent much of her time with her father and worked beside him in her younger years. She moved to Des Moines and began work for Mr. Shadur at the Iowa Box Company, where she made many lifelong friends. She married Mervin A. Briggs in Tecumseh, Nebraska, on July 18, 1966, and they made their home in Lucas for 35 years.
Helen enjoyed world news, political discussions, WWII history, fishing in the late night and early morning hours, woodworking, painting, gardening, baking, and making holiday candies. She was a lifelong Democrat and supporter of civil rights. Helen was a woman of strong opinion and persistent in her goals and desires. Her gruff personality hid a very sensitive soul who sought love and deep friendship. Her grandchildren were the capping joy of her life.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her grandparents, Joseph Elmer Lingle and Carrie Miller, and Alfred Logsdon and Melissa Ray; her siblings Russell, Sharron, Ronald Robert, Dixie Lee Forsythe, William, Donna Cotton Green, Carol See McGraw, and Dorris Boggs. She is survived by her children, Jeffrey (Nicki Convery) Briggs, and Toni (Ray) Ford; grandchildren Kaylee Rena, Jacob Andrew, and Jaiden Anne Briggs of Des Moines; sisters, Bettie Robinson of LeRoy, Jimmie (William) Nolan of Chariton, Judy Bucholz Cordes of MN, Kathay (Craig) Hoyt of Davis City; and brothers, Robert (Lois) of Des Moines, Frank Boedeker of Goose Creek, SC; and many nieces and nephews.
A Commemoration of Teaching will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Lucas, Iowa, on Saturday, November 24, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., with a dinner to follow at the Lucas fire station. Final resting place will be Goshen Cemetery.
Online condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Cindy Spoon-McCracken
11/21/2012
My condolences to the family. I was so surprised to see that Helen had passed as I think I somehow expected that she would outlive many of us much younger than she. I always loved talking to Helen and knew she was a very caring person even though she had a gruff way about her. She always called it like she saw it and that was one of the things I loved best about her. God bless you Helen.
Tina Nolan
11/20/2012
"Human beings are made of body, mind and spirit.
Of these, spirit is primary,
for it connects us to the source of everything,
the eternal field of consciousness."
God bless you Aunt Helen.
Paula Miller
11/20/2012
"God saw you getting tired, and a cure was not to be, so He put His arms around you, and whispered "come with me," with tearful eyes we watched you suffer and saw you fade away, although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay, so when we saw you sleeping, so peaceful from your pain, we could not wish you back to suffer that way again, a golden heart stopped beating, your hard working hands were at rest, God broke our hearts to prove - He only takes the best"