Enid, OK — The funeral for Helen Arelia Schroeder, 87, of Watonga, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Christian Church, Watonga. The Rev. David Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Watonga. Arrangements are by Wilkinson Mortuary, Watonga.

She was born Feb. 9, 1922, in Kingfisher to Lyman and Ada McElwee and died Thursday, March 12, 2009, in Edmond.

She had lived in Watonga most of her life. She attended Kingfisher schools, graduating from Kingfisher High School. She worked 15 years as a teacher’s aide for Watonga schools. She was a member of Watonga Christian Church and Watonga Senior Citizens Center.

She married Stanley Schroeder July 19, 1947.

Surviving are two sons, Lyman Schroeder of Lubbock, Texas, and Rodney Schroeder of Lamar, Colo.; one daughter, Dianna Masters of Edmond; one sister, Gladys Rivers of Kingfisher; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley.

Memorials may be made through the mortuary to Watonga Senior Citizens Center.