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© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma September 26, 2003 September 23, 1897 ~ September 24, 2003 Graveside service for Mary Helen Stewart, 106, of Edmond, Okla., will be held on Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco. Mary Helen Stewart was born on September 23, 1897, and she died on Wednesday, September 24, 2003. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco. September 2003 September 23, 1897 ~ September 24, 2003 Graveside services for Mary Helen Stewart, 106, were held on Sunday, September 28 at 2:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, with Rev. Sam Scott of the Minco First Baptist Church officiating under the direction of the Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco. Stewart was born on September 23, 1897 in Indian Territory now known as Minco to James Alex and Hattie [Coffey] Stewart and died on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at the Oklahoma Christian Home in Edmond, the day after her birthday. She became a member of the First Christian Church in Minco at age 12, and after moving to Enid, became a member of the Central Christian Church [Disciples of Christ] where she was a member for sixty years. In 1960 she started a church library. She served as a deaconess two terms and was honored as Board member Emeritus. She received her BA in Education from the Oklahoma College for Women [now USAO] and a Master's degree from Phillips University. She taught in Mangum and thirty-five years in Enid. While in Enid, she did graduate work at the University of Colorado and the University of Missouri. After retiring, she spent three years in Boone, North Carolina, where she worked at Appalachian State University. She was a member in several local, state and national teacher's organizations: the American Association of University Women; Business and Professional Women; the Altrurian Study-Social Group; the Westside Garden Club and the Women's Fellowship Guild of Enid. She volunteered at Bass Hospital. In 1983 she moved to the Oklahoma Christian Home Cottage Campus and transferred her membership to the Edmond Christian Church. She moved into the nursing section in December of 1996. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Hattie Stewart and by her brother, John Stewart. She is survived by two first cousins, Elizabeth Wormley of Chickasha and William Coffey of Schenectady, New York. |
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