Helen Worrall 1914-2016

Helen Worrall 1914-2016

 

Helen Worrall, 101, of Holton, passed away on March 26, 2016, at Vintage Park, Holton.

She was born Aug. 21, 1914, in Kansas City, the daughter of Petro and Antonia (Solowski) Gregorcyk.

Helen’s childhood was spent in Kansas City until the family moved to Wakeeney. She lived there until graduation from Wakeeney Kansas High School. Before moving to Holton on Aug. 3, 2005, she lived in Wichita and moved to Shell Knob, Mo., during the month of September, 1973 to spend her re­tirement years with her hus­band Ralph A. Worrall. She re­tired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in August of 1973, as a long-time em­ployee.

Helen enjoyed playing bridge with friends, doing various kinds of handwork, ceramics, garden­ing, traveling and fishing with her hus­band. They especially enjoyed fishing in Mexico, Min­nesota and Missouri.

She married Ralph A. Worrall on Feb. 25, 1939 in Wichita. He pre­ceded her in death on April 23, 1999. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Petro Gregor­cyk, Oct. 13, 1975, and Antonia (Solowski) Gregorcyk, March 13, 1975; sisters Kather­ine Gregorcyk, 1910, Josephine Agatha Peacock, May 10, 2010, and Connie Pea­cock, July 11, 2014.

Survivors include her nieces and nephews, Patricia Keller­man, Holton, June Hanks, West Des Moines, Iowa, Claudia Bib­ber, Carmel Valley, Calif., Rob­ert Pea­cock, Midway, Utah, Sheldon Pea­cock, Great Bend, Cathy Peacock, Las Vegas, Nev., Frank Worrall, Topeka, Linda Rowzer, Topeka, and John Ritchie, Whitehall, Mich.

Memorial services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Mer­cer Funeral Home. Family visita­tion will be held at 3 p.m. until service time. Inurn­ment will be held at a later date at the Old Mis­sion Cemetery, Wichita.

Memorial contributions may be given to Holton Community Hos­pital, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436. To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

(PAID OBITUARY)

The Holton Recorder

109 W. Fourth St.
Holton, KS 66436
Phone: 785-364-3141
 

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