HELMS, Lafe Leonard
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Dated 1960
Funeral rites for Lafe Leonard Helms, age 66, who died at 5:15 a. m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the home of a sister, Mrs. Katie Clawson, at 1122 Third St., were held Friday morning, Nov. 25, at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home. The Rev. Roger James officiated and burial was in Colds Springs Cemetery, north of Sterling. Mr. Helms was born Jan. 16, 1894, at Stone Bluff, the son of William and Liza Jane Asbury Helms. He had worked on farms in Fountain County and later at the Lafayette Soldier's Home where he had served as a male nurse. Mr. Helmes was a former member of the Attica Moose Lodge. Survivors include his sister and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two wives, Pearl and Anna Belle, three brothers and two sisters. --typed by Walt W