HELEN ELIZABETH SPORE

Helen Elizabeth Spore, longtime Newkirk area resident, died Monday evening, Dec. 13, 2004, in Via Christi Oklahoma Regional Medical Center in Ponca City. She was 95.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 in the First United Methodist Church of Newkirk with the Rev. Sarah Parker, minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Newkirk, officiating. Burial will follow in Newkirk Cemetery under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service.
Those serving as casket bearers will be David Spore, David Lavers, David Engelking, John Spore, Chris Lavers, Jace Hall, Toby Lavers and Bob Walter.
Those wishing to may honor Helen's memory with a contribution to a charity of choice.
Helen Elizabeth Spore was born April 20, 1909, near Newkirk, the daughter of Thomas Sidney and Bertha Elizabeth Patten Spore. She grew up in the rural area and received her early education in the Kildare and Liberty schools and Newkirk High School where she graduated with the class of 1928. She then attended Ponca City Business College.
Helen worked for Ponca City Building and Loan Company and the Security Bank in Ponca City before going to work for Conoco in 1930. She worked in various positions there until retiring in May 1971 from the Interviewing and Testing Section of Personnel Relations.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ponca City and the Presbyterian Women's Association. She was a former charter member of Beta Sigma Phi. Helen was active in Pioneer Genealogical Society of Ponca City and served on the board of the Newkirk Community Historical Society and the Cher-Ok-Kan Gateway Association. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Ponca City and was active in the Lilac Garden Club.
She is survived by one sister-in-law, Ann Spore of Newkirk; nephews and nieces and their spouses, John and Sally Spore of Ponca City, Jean and David Lavers of Newkirk, David and Linda Spore of Kildare and Julie and David Engelking of Derby, Kan.; great-nephews and great-nieces, Chris and Cory Lavers of Kansas City, Angie and Bob Walter of Stillwater, Lisa and Jace Hall of Kildare, Sonya Spore of Kildare, Matt Spore, stationed in Iraq, Toby and Kendra Lavers, stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, and Anna Lavers of Newkirk; one great-niece; one great-great-nephew; and two great-great-nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Sidney Spore and Franklin Spore, and one sister, Eletha Rowell.