OBITUARY: Helen Rae (Tubbs) Appleton Frazier, 1916-1963, Mitchell Co., Iowa



                  Former Osage Woman Dies in California

Funeral services were held last Tuesday at the Little Church of the Flowers
in Glendale, Calif., for Mrs. Jean T. Frazier, 47, who died in a hospital in
Glendale, Sept. 6. The Rev. Arthur Slater was in charge and burial was in
Forest Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Frazier, formerly of Osage, died of complications
of a heart ailment.

Helen Rae Tubbs was born in Osage, Mar. 12, 1916, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Tubbs. She grew to womanhood here, attended the local schools,
and was a member of the Baptist church.

She was married to Jams Appleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Appleton,
Oct. 17, 1935. They lived in Osage, later moving to Cedar Rapids where
her husband died.

Her marriage to Jean T. Frazier took place May 21, 1959, in Cedar Rapids.
They moved to Indianapolis and later to Glendale.

Surviving are her husband, Jean, one daughter, Marian, Mrs. Roland Walker
of Dowis; one son, James of Glendale; seven grandchildren; her mother,
Mrs. Bessie Tubbs of Osage; four sisters, Grace Tubbs, of Osage; Mrs.
William Gardner. Mrs. John Tesar of Cedar Rapids; Mrs. Melvin Warner of
Davenport, and one brother, Rollin R. Tubbs of Osage. Preceding her in
death were her first husband, her father, an infant brother, Merlyn, and
one sister, Mrs. Cyril Cornwell.


Osage News September 1963

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Added notes by Kathy Pike:
    1. Helen Rae died September 6, 1963 at Glendale, California

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Submitted by Kathy Pike August 2003 

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