Submitted by: Dan Rich

South Bend Tribune 4/26/2003

Helen B. Hurley

Oct. 19, 1906 -- April 23, 2003

Helen Beatrice Hurley, 96, of 14967 95th Place North, Maple Grove, Minn., died at 2:45 p.m. April 23, in her home of natural causes.

She was born on Oct. 19, 1906, in Niles, Mich., to the late Joseph and Emma (Huston) Smith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leon Douglas Hurley in 1992; a daughter, Mary Jo Scheibelhut in 1988; and two sisters, Margaret Roth and Ernamay Harrell.

She retired from Bendix Corporation in 1972. And was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Niles and the Progressive Club of South Bend.

She is survived by two sisters, Annette Herman of Edwardsburg, Mich., and Mary Case of Boyne City, Mich.; three grandchildren, Jill Scheibelhut of Maple Grove, Minn., Mark Scheibelhut of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and Joy Essig of Lamar, Colo.; and five great-grandchildren, David Scheibelhut and Debra Scheibelhut, both of Maple Grove and Jan, Collin and Ali Scheibelhut, all of Lakewood, Colo.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. (Michigan time) Monday, April 28, in Pifer-SMITH Funeral Home, Niles, with Dr. Rev. Ronald Wakeman officiating. Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. (Michigan time) until time of services. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Association or American Cancer Society.