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Submitted: 5/10/23 • Approved: 5/11/23 • Last Updated: 5/14/23 • R1484446-G1484445-S3
January 31, 1934 - January 20, 2023
*Obituary
Armes-Hunt Funeral Home And Cremation Services
Upland, Indiana
E. Helen Whitfield Hathaway, daughter of the late Allen Whitfield and Hattie Adams Whitfield, was born January 31, 1934, in Old Joe, Arkansas. She departed this life January 20, 2023, in Upland, Indiana, at the age of 88 years, 11 months, and 20 days. She was united in marriage to Daniel Hathaway on June 8, 1963.
Helen was a graduate of Central Bible College. She considered her most important role in life to be that of devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed crocheting, reading, gardening, and baking pies, and she was also well-known for her homemade cinnamon rolls, chicken and dumplings, and taco shells (affectionately known to family and friends as “rubber cakes”).
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Sherry of Missouri; one daughter, Dana Alford of Indiana; two grandsons, Kenny Tyson and Kristopher Alford of Indiana; one brother and sister-in-law, Dean and Cathy Whitfield of Missouri; one brother-in-law, Dennis Speak of Missouri; one sister-in-law, Carol Jakab of Pennsylvania; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, seven sisters, and three brothers.
In accordance with Helen’s wishes, there will be no funeral services. A private family burial will be held at a later date in the family plot of Galatia Cemetery, Norfork, Arkansas. Local arrangements have been entrusted to the Jones-Smith Chapel of Armes-Hunt Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 259 North Main Street, Upland, Indiana.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the Galatia Cemetery, P.O. Box 103, Norfork, Arkansas 72658.
(Photo courtesy of the late Larry Havner)
Contributed on 5/10/23 by maxparnell
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