Helen Ruth Wilcher

1929 - 2018  (89 years)

• Name	Helen Ruth Wilcher
  Born	7 Mar 1929	Dora, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 May 2018	Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA
  Buried	8 Jun 2018	Portales Cemetery - Portales, New Mexico, USA
  Person ID	I14138	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family	Carless Thelbert Hamlin,   b. 24 Mar 1926, Jayton, Kent County, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1999, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. J.W. Hamlin
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F6274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Mar 1929 - Dora, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Died - 31 May 2018 - Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Buried - 8 Jun 2018 - Portales Cemetery - Portales, New Mexico, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Helen Ruth Wilcher Cleveland Obituary picture

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Felix Odell Cleveland and Helen Ruth Wilcher Cleveland Portales Cemetery - Portales, New Mexico, USA Plot: Sect. SA, Row 25, Space 74

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Helen Ruth Cleveland (Wilcher) 1929 - 2018 Helen Ruth Cleveland, age 89, passed away in her home in Clovis, NM, surrounded by her family and friends on May 31, 2018. She was born March 7, 1929, in Dora, NM, to Horace and Carrie (Turner) Wilcher. Helen worked at Howard's Drug in 1945 where she met her husband, Felix Cleveland. They were married in 1951. She and her husband moved to Texas and opened their own business in 1955. In 1957, the Cleveland's moved to Palmdale, CA, and opened Cleve's Automotive, a business that operated for 45 years. In 2002, Felix and Helen moved to Clovis, NM, where they spent their remaining years together. She was an active member of Central Baptist Church, and she cherished her church family. Helen deeply loved serving her community in numerous capacities. She served in the offices of president, vice president, secretary, and parliamentarian of various philanthropic clubs and organizations from 1986 to 2014. Helen's hobby was music, and she drew great joy from sharing that gift with others throughout her lifetime. For many years, she served as the children's music director for her church in California. She gave three musical organs to different families so they might learn to play. Helen also worked with children, helping them to learn and memorize the books of the Bible. Helen is survived by her son Jerry Hamlin (Melinda) and her grandsons Seth (Kelly) and Adam Hamlin, all of Springfield, OR; her sisters Hazel (W.B.) Jernigan of Spokane, WA, Jayne (Clyde) Golding of Lubbock, TX, and Gracie Wilcher of Lubbock, TX; her five great-grandchildren, Kai, Sofia Rose, Rowan, Mason, and Arabella; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Felix, her parents, H.B. and Carrie Wilcher, her sisters, Juanita (Edward) Jernigan and Betty (Leroy) Taylor, and her brothers, Calvin "Pete," Bobby, and Donald Joe "Spook" (Ina) Wilcher. (Published by Ellis Funeral Home of Muleshoe, TX)