Helen Perlis Planer, 96, died Sunday at Wabash Skilled Care Center.
Born in Maywood, Ill., she taught English at Hyde Park High School in Chicago. Her husband, Joseph, died in 1981.
Surviving are a son, John of North Manchester; a sister, Bernice Perlis of North Manchester; a brother, Sam Perlis of West Lafayette; and two grandchildren.
Memorial service at a later date.
Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen-Bender Chapel, North Manchester.

Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, November 6, 2001, Page 3C.