Obit Cherokee Co. Archives for:
Name: Mabel Maxine Helfer 
Obit also appeared in the Amarillo Globe News.
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Submitted by: Kay Hubbard Thompson
Email: katiewho@intellex.com 
Date: 3/31/2002
to the Cherokee Co., OK Archives site
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cherokee/cherokee.html
Bill Cook, Cherokee Co. Archivist, wcook14024@aol.com
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TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS
TAHLEQUAH, OK 
MARCH 27, 2002

MABEL MAXINE HELFER

     Tahlequah-Funeral services for Mabel Maxine Helfer, 78, will be held at noon Thursday, March 28, at 
the First Lutheran Church of Tahlequah with Rev. Bruce Alberts officiating.  Burial will follow in the Fort 
Gibson National Cemetery, under the direction of Hart Funeral Home.
     Mable Maxine Helfer daughter of Clarence (CL) and Thelma (Myers) Lovell, was born Jan. 15, 1924 
in Pinch, W. Va., and died Monday, March 25, 2002 in Tahlequah.
     Maxine was a  member of the First Lutheran Church in Tahlequah, where she loved to be involved in 
the church choir and church activities.
     Maxine married Raymond Helfer in 1944 at the U.S. Airforce base in Dalhart, Texas.  Maxine enjoyed 
traveling with Raymond in their motor home.
     Raymond and her parents preceded her in death.
     She is survived by two sons, Steve Helfer of Tahlequah and Randy Helfer of Edmond; two sisters, June 
Mills of Amarillo, Texas and Martha Lee Lotspiech of Floydada, Texas; one brother, Bud Myers of 
Amarillo, Texas;  two grandchildren, Jennifer Helfer and Matthew Helfer of Tahlequah; one great-
grandson, David Chirstian Helfer as well as a host of loved ones and friends.
     Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Alzeheimer's Foundation, 6465 S 
Yale, Suite 318, Tulsa, OK 74136-7805 in memory of Maxine Helfer