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Helen <I>Goddard</I> McNeely

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Helen Goddard McNeely

Birth
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death
6 Jun 2000 (aged 99)
Fowler, Benton County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Fowler, Benton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Helen Goddard McNeely, 99, of Fowler, died at 1:28 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2000, in Green Hill Manor Nursing Home, Fowler.

Born March 20, 1901, in Lafayette, she attended Washington School and graduated from Jefferson High School in Lafayette. She also graduated from Purdue University in 1925. From 1947 until 1983, she spent the winters in Lakeland, Fla.

She married Ralph E. McNeely in Fowler in 1933. He died in 1983.

From 1919 until 1921 she served as organist for the Pearl Allen Dancing School in Lafayette. She taught mathematics at Fowler High School from 1926 until her marriage. She became the organist of Fowler Methodist Church in 1933. She taught at Pine Township High School from 1942 to 1946 and 1952 until 1954. She worked at Fowler again until 1962. She also helped many students in Tala and Culion sanitariums in the Philippines for several years. Mrs. McNeely had served as worthy matron of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 493 of Fowler. She had traveled extensively with her husband throughout the United States, but in 1966 they made a nine-week trip to England, Scandinavia and Europe.

There are no immediate survivors.

Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
08 Jun 2000, Thu
Helen Goddard McNeely, 99, of Fowler, died at 1:28 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, 2000, in Green Hill Manor Nursing Home, Fowler.

Born March 20, 1901, in Lafayette, she attended Washington School and graduated from Jefferson High School in Lafayette. She also graduated from Purdue University in 1925. From 1947 until 1983, she spent the winters in Lakeland, Fla.

She married Ralph E. McNeely in Fowler in 1933. He died in 1983.

From 1919 until 1921 she served as organist for the Pearl Allen Dancing School in Lafayette. She taught mathematics at Fowler High School from 1926 until her marriage. She became the organist of Fowler Methodist Church in 1933. She taught at Pine Township High School from 1942 to 1946 and 1952 until 1954. She worked at Fowler again until 1962. She also helped many students in Tala and Culion sanitariums in the Philippines for several years. Mrs. McNeely had served as worthy matron of Order of Eastern Star Chapter 493 of Fowler. She had traveled extensively with her husband throughout the United States, but in 1966 they made a nine-week trip to England, Scandinavia and Europe.

There are no immediate survivors.

Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
08 Jun 2000, Thu


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31067953/helen-mcneely: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Goddard McNeely (20 Mar 1901–6 Jun 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31067953, citing Fowler Cemetery, Fowler, Benton County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by RWCNAC (contributor 46739623).