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HELEN LUCILLE FOX GRESH BORN MARCH 18, 1921 PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 21, 2014. HELEN WAS BORN IN RURAL JOHNSON COUNTY INDIANA, THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN FOR CHARLES W. AND FRANCES M. FORD FOX. HELEN ATTENDED THE BUCKNER SCHOOL THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN FRANKLIN, INDIANA IN 1939. SHE WENT T0 FORT BENJAMIN HARRISO ARMY POST IN INDIAPOLIS, INDIANA WHERE SHE WAS A CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE AT BILLINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL. IT WAS HERE THAT SHE MET AND MARRIED S/SGT EDWARD DARE GRESH ON OCT, 2, 1942. BEING A MILITARY FAMILY MEANT MANY MOVES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. ONE ASSIGNMENT TOOK THEM T0 ENGLAND AND ANOTHER T0 MORROCCO, NO AFRICA. IT WAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAT THEIR SON, EDWARD DENNIS WAS BORN. IN LAKE CHARLES, LOUIAIANA THEY WELCOMED THEIR DAUGHTER, CAROLYN LUCILLE. AFTER RETIREMENT THE FAMILY SETTLED IN SAN ANIONIO. THE FAMILY BECAME ACTIVE MEMBERS OF ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. OVER THE YEARS HELEN SERVED AS TEACHER, CIRCLE, DAY SCHOOL, COUNCIL, AND AS A COMMISSIONED STEPHEN MINISTER. HELEN ALSO RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. SHE TAUGHT AT TRINITY UNITED METHODIST WEEKDAY SCHOOL, RETIRING IN 1993. HELEN CONTINUEDTO STAY BUSY AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE NSISD IN THEIR SCHOOL AGE PARENTING PROGRAM. STAYING ACTIVE WITH VISITS T0 HOME BOUND CHURCH MEMBERS TO SERVE THEM COMMUNION AND WITH FAMILY ACTIVITIES WAS A JOY. SEVERE VISION LOSS MADE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE SO MANY ACTIVITIES WERE CURTAILED. HELEN 'WAS A RESIDENT OF PATRIOT HEIGHTS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND WAS AS ACTIVE THERE. HELEN IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: HUSBAND, EDWARD D GRESH 1977: GRANDDAUGHTER, JO LYN WEBB 1983 AND GRAND SON, DANNY GRESH 1999 ALSO PARENTS AND SIBLINGS. SHE IS SURVIVORED BY: SON, EDWARD AND DIANA GRESH: DAUGHTER, CAROLYN AND EDWIN BAKER. GRANDSON, EDDIE AND NOELLE GRESH: GRANDDAUGHTER, BETHANY. GREAT GRAND CHILDREN: EMMA, NOAH, AND KAIA GRESH. ALSO ONE BROTHER, LEON M. FOX OF MORGANTOWN, INDIANA ALONG WITH NEICES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS. SERVICES VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 10:30 – 11:30 AM ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014 AT MISSION PARK FUNERAL CHAPELS NORTH. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 9:00 AM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014 AT FT. SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH PASTOR KAREN STOCKS TO OFFICIATE.

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Helen Lucille Gresh

March 18, 1921 - December 21, 2014