Helen Alene Elliott

Shawnee resident Helen A. Elliott died Monday, July 29, 2013 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Helen was born December 1, 1928, to “Lizzie and “Bill” Kottke in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. She was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church. She attended Fairview and Earlsboro schools, graduating from Earlsboro High school in 1946.

Helen married Louis Elliott in December of 1947. She was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell and worked for Grave’s Floral Company for 20 years retiring in 1990.

Preceding her in death were her parents; two daughters, Vesta Kay and Shirley Ann Elliott; a son, Dean Elliott; two sisters, Elsie Kottke and Marie McRee; and two brothers Bill and Alvin Kottke.

Helen is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dwayne and Wanda Elliott, Moore, OK; a granddaughter, Andrea Elliott, Shawnee, OK; a grandson and great grandson, Brandon and Landon Dean Elliott, Meeker, OK; a step-daughter, Lynette Haider, Harvard, IL; two sisters, Dorothy Mikish, Rogers, AR and Pauline Crane, Shawnee, OK; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held 11 am Thursday, August 1, 2013 at Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.