PROMINENT YOUNG MATRON PASSES AT HOME OF PARENTS
Services were held at St. John's Episcopal church in Bandon Monday afternoon for Mrs. Helen Mayes, the Rev. Hale B. Eubanks, officiating. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Don C. Mayes, who was formerly Helen Theresa Sweet, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sweet, in Bandon Saturday, August 10, 1946, at the age of 36 years, eight months and four days.
Helen was born on the lower Coquille River at Lampa Creek, December 6, 1909, and came with her parents to abandon the next year, where she spent most of the years of her life. She attended the local schools and was graduated from Bandon High with the class of 1928. That fall she went to Oakland, California, to enter Mills College, was graduated from this college in June of 1932. She majored in education with a minor in mathematics.
After her graduation, she returned to Coos County and taught the Upper Four Mile School two years. She then went to California and taught at Turlock. On January 18, 1935, she was married to Don C. Mayes and lived at Ventura and Coalinga, California, where Mr. Mayes was an instructor in Junior College.
They had two children, Elaine, who will be 10 in October, and Billie, who was seven last May.
In 1940, they settled at Menlo Park, California, and built a home near Stanford University, where Don attended law school. His course was nearly completed when developing war conditions called him to the service as a reserve officer. He was in the Army Air Forces for over five years, two of which were spent in North Africa and Europe. As an intelligence officer in this work, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
From July 1943, until the early part of 1946, Helen and her children were again in Bandon with her parents. During this time she was employed in the study all of Bandon High School and as clerk of the district. She was a devout Christian and a communicant of the St. John's Episcopal church. She was active in church and civic work and was formerly president of St. Monica's Junior Guild Erie it
Besides her parents, husband and children, she leaves three brothers, Piercy, William and Donald, and the younger sister, aunt.
Helen was an exemplary person, ever patient and considerate of all who knew her. She was highly educated and of marked abilities, and ever helpful to others. Through all her sickness and trouble, she never complained. Her life was one without pretense or selfishness. Besides her bereaved parents and immediate families, her untimely taking will be mourned by a host of local friends and many who knew her elsewhere.
Western World – 15 August 1946
Services were held at St. John's Episcopal church in Bandon Monday afternoon for Mrs. Helen Mayes, the Rev. Hale B. Eubanks, officiating. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Don C. Mayes, who was formerly Helen Theresa Sweet, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sweet, in Bandon Saturday, August 10, 1946, at the age of 36 years, eight months and four days.
Helen was born on the lower Coquille River at Lampa Creek, December 6, 1909, and came with her parents to abandon the next year, where she spent most of the years of her life. She attended the local schools and was graduated from Bandon High with the class of 1928. That fall she went to Oakland, California, to enter Mills College, was graduated from this college in June of 1932. She majored in education with a minor in mathematics.
After her graduation, she returned to Coos County and taught the Upper Four Mile School two years. She then went to California and taught at Turlock. On January 18, 1935, she was married to Don C. Mayes and lived at Ventura and Coalinga, California, where Mr. Mayes was an instructor in Junior College.
They had two children, Elaine, who will be 10 in October, and Billie, who was seven last May.
In 1940, they settled at Menlo Park, California, and built a home near Stanford University, where Don attended law school. His course was nearly completed when developing war conditions called him to the service as a reserve officer. He was in the Army Air Forces for over five years, two of which were spent in North Africa and Europe. As an intelligence officer in this work, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
From July 1943, until the early part of 1946, Helen and her children were again in Bandon with her parents. During this time she was employed in the study all of Bandon High School and as clerk of the district. She was a devout Christian and a communicant of the St. John's Episcopal church. She was active in church and civic work and was formerly president of St. Monica's Junior Guild Erie it
Besides her parents, husband and children, she leaves three brothers, Piercy, William and Donald, and the younger sister, aunt.
Helen was an exemplary person, ever patient and considerate of all who knew her. She was highly educated and of marked abilities, and ever helpful to others. Through all her sickness and trouble, she never complained. Her life was one without pretense or selfishness. Besides her bereaved parents and immediate families, her untimely taking will be mourned by a host of local friends and many who knew her elsewhere.
Western World – 15 August 1946
PROMINENT YOUNG MATRON PASSES AT HOME OF PARENTS
Services were held at St. John's Episcopal church in Bandon Monday afternoon for Mrs. Helen Mayes, the Rev. Hale B. Eubanks, officiating. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Don C. Mayes, who was formerly Helen Theresa Sweet, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sweet, in Bandon Saturday, August 10, 1946, at the age of 36 years, eight months and four days.
Helen was born on the lower Coquille River at Lampa Creek, December 6, 1909, and came with her parents to abandon the next year, where she spent most of the years of her life. She attended the local schools and was graduated from Bandon High with the class of 1928. That fall she went to Oakland, California, to enter Mills College, was graduated from this college in June of 1932. She majored in education with a minor in mathematics.
After her graduation, she returned to Coos County and taught the Upper Four Mile School two years. She then went to California and taught at Turlock. On January 18, 1935, she was married to Don C. Mayes and lived at Ventura and Coalinga, California, where Mr. Mayes was an instructor in Junior College.
They had two children, Elaine, who will be 10 in October, and Billie, who was seven last May.
In 1940, they settled at Menlo Park, California, and built a home near Stanford University, where Don attended law school. His course was nearly completed when developing war conditions called him to the service as a reserve officer. He was in the Army Air Forces for over five years, two of which were spent in North Africa and Europe. As an intelligence officer in this work, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
From July 1943, until the early part of 1946, Helen and her children were again in Bandon with her parents. During this time she was employed in the study all of Bandon High School and as clerk of the district. She was a devout Christian and a communicant of the St. John's Episcopal church. She was active in church and civic work and was formerly president of St. Monica's Junior Guild Erie it
Besides her parents, husband and children, she leaves three brothers, Piercy, William and Donald, and the younger sister, aunt.
Helen was an exemplary person, ever patient and considerate of all who knew her. She was highly educated and of marked abilities, and ever helpful to others. Through all her sickness and trouble, she never complained. Her life was one without pretense or selfishness. Besides her bereaved parents and immediate families, her untimely taking will be mourned by a host of local friends and many who knew her elsewhere.
Western World – 15 August 1946
Services were held at St. John's Episcopal church in Bandon Monday afternoon for Mrs. Helen Mayes, the Rev. Hale B. Eubanks, officiating. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Don C. Mayes, who was formerly Helen Theresa Sweet, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sweet, in Bandon Saturday, August 10, 1946, at the age of 36 years, eight months and four days.
Helen was born on the lower Coquille River at Lampa Creek, December 6, 1909, and came with her parents to abandon the next year, where she spent most of the years of her life. She attended the local schools and was graduated from Bandon High with the class of 1928. That fall she went to Oakland, California, to enter Mills College, was graduated from this college in June of 1932. She majored in education with a minor in mathematics.
After her graduation, she returned to Coos County and taught the Upper Four Mile School two years. She then went to California and taught at Turlock. On January 18, 1935, she was married to Don C. Mayes and lived at Ventura and Coalinga, California, where Mr. Mayes was an instructor in Junior College.
They had two children, Elaine, who will be 10 in October, and Billie, who was seven last May.
In 1940, they settled at Menlo Park, California, and built a home near Stanford University, where Don attended law school. His course was nearly completed when developing war conditions called him to the service as a reserve officer. He was in the Army Air Forces for over five years, two of which were spent in North Africa and Europe. As an intelligence officer in this work, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
From July 1943, until the early part of 1946, Helen and her children were again in Bandon with her parents. During this time she was employed in the study all of Bandon High School and as clerk of the district. She was a devout Christian and a communicant of the St. John's Episcopal church. She was active in church and civic work and was formerly president of St. Monica's Junior Guild Erie it
Besides her parents, husband and children, she leaves three brothers, Piercy, William and Donald, and the younger sister, aunt.
Helen was an exemplary person, ever patient and considerate of all who knew her. She was highly educated and of marked abilities, and ever helpful to others. Through all her sickness and trouble, she never complained. Her life was one without pretense or selfishness. Besides her bereaved parents and immediate families, her untimely taking will be mourned by a host of local friends and many who knew her elsewhere.
Western World – 15 August 1946
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