Helen LaJune Birk Spears

© Enid News and Eagle

10-03-2007

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Helen LaJune Spears, 91, died Friday morning, Sept. 28, 2007, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center after almost two months of declining health resulting from a hip fracture.

She professed her faith in Jesus Christ at an early age and had been a resident of Golden Oaks Retirement Village for a number of years following her retirement from First National Bank, where she had worked since 1958.

She was a widow of the Rev. Paul Bert Spears who died June 27, 1990.

Mrs. Spears, who was born June 2, 1916 in Prospect, MT., was the only child of the late Nick and Della (Barker) Birk. She graduated from high school in Conrad, MT in 1934, and married Paul Spears, pastor of First Christian Church there on Feb. 6, 1944.

They later moved to Enid and then to Waukomis, where the Rev. Spears was pastor of the Christian Church, and later to Snyder, where she was a teller at First National Bank for approximately 14 years. The family returned to Enid in 1958 and Mrs. Spears finished out her long years in the banking industry at First National Bank of Enid.

Mrs. Spears is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Evalee and Heinz F. Poellet of Oak Creek, WI; a stepson, Allen Spears and his wife Colleen Sheppard of Nashville, TN; and a stepdaughter, Valdean and her husband the Rev. H. Wallis Dobson of Greeneville, TN. Survivors also include a grandson, Maj. Derek Jon Poellet of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command and his wife Jennifer and their three daughters, Anna, Aleksia and Amelia of Sanford, N.C. and a granddaughter Capt. Keira Ayn Poellet of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in the Azores; step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren who survive are: Jeff Keller of Charlotte, N.C. and his daughter Sarah Keller of Greeneville, TN, Mrs. Phillip (Laurie) Evans and her sons, Eric and Andrew Evans of Greeneville, TN, Jacque Lyons of Greeneville, TN and her children Jordan Wilson of Bristol, TN and Courtney Wilson of Greeneville, TN, Mrs. Gary (Pamela) Waddell and her son, Cory Ryan Mathes of Greeneville, TN, Mrs. Mike (Stacey) Wallis and her daughter, Samantha of Warner, Becky Westbrook of Muskogee and her daughters, Lindsay and Emily, both of Clute, TX, Mrs. Jeff (Andrea) Harsha and daughters, Miranda and Cassidy of Clute, TX and Mrs. Sharon (Stephani) Factor and her son, Stephen of San Jose, CA; two nieces and one nephew; and cousins in Minnesota.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 at Golden Oaks Retirement Village, where the Rev. and Mrs. Spears lived in their retirement years. Norman “Shorty” Unruh, Chaplain at Golden Oaks, will conduct the service and burial will follow immediately in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are made by Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Golden Oaks Retirement Village Chapel or to the favorite charity of donor's choice.

Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at ladusauevans@sudden linkmail.com.

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