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Obit for Helen Long Elrod



GUYMON, Okla. - Helen Long Elrod, 79, died Friday, Jan. 30, 1998.



Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Christian Church with the Rev. 

Don Chase, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in

Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon.



Mrs. Elrod was born in Wichita, Kan., and moved to Guymon in 1924. She 

graduated from Guymon High School in 1936 and

attended Oklahoma State University and the University of Colorado.



Mrs. Elrod was one of the founders of T.E.L. Oil and Gas Corp. She served on 

the city of Guymon Park Board and was a member of the Beautification and 

Planning Committee of the city of Guymon. She was a longtime member and past 

chairman of the NW Pac 10 Mental Health Board. She was a member of First 

Christian Church.



As a former state president of Oklahoma Garden Clubs, Mrs. Elrod had served as 

director of the South Central Region, NCSGC, and was recording secretary of the 

National Council of State Garden Clubs. She was a flower show judge and was serving 

on the state board of Oklahoma Garden Clubs. She was a member of the Delphinium 

Club for more than 50 years and had held many offices in the club.



She married Hubert K. Elrod in 1939 at Guymon.



Survivors include her husband; two sisters, Lou McKinnon and Donna Wilmeth, both 

of Guymon; and a brother, David Long of Guymon



Friends may call from 1 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. In lieu of 

flowers, the family requests memorials be to the First Christian Church, which 

will be accepted at the church or the funeral home at Box 1306, Guymon, 

Okla., 73942.