hmtl5 Helen Roene Reed b. 22 Apr 1921 Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana d. 8 Jul 2008 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska: McKeown Genealogy

Helen Roene Reed

Female 1921 - 2008  (87 years)


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  • Name Helen Roene Reed 
    Born 22 Apr 1921  Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Jul 2008  Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Mitchell Cemetery, Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1288  McKeown
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2023 

    Father Ira Floyd Reed,   b. 16 Oct 1896, College Springs, Page County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1974  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Bertha Ada Dugan,   b. 29 Jun 1895, College Springs, Page County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1982  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1918  College Springs, Page County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Charles Strey,   b. 29 Jul 1920, Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 2000, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 29 Jun 1940  Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Apr 1921 - Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Jun 1940 - Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Jul 2008 - Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mitchell Cemetery, Mitchell, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Helen Roene Strey, 87, of Gering died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, Neb.
      Services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, July 14, at the Mitchell Federated Church with Dr. Charles H. Richardson officiating. Interment will be at Mitchell City Cemetery.
      Friends may come to call on Sunday, July 13, at Jones Mortuary in Mitchell from 12 to 6 p.m.
      A memorial has been established to the church. Condolences may be left at www.jonesmor@charterinternet.com and will be forwarded to the family.
      Helen was born on April 4, 1921 in Lake Charles, La. to Ira and Bertha (Dugan) Reed. She attended high school in Mitchell, where she graduated in 1939. She married William "Bill" Strey in Mitchell in June of 1940.
      She was an active member in the Mitchell Federated Church where she was an Elder and served in many different capacities throughout the life of the church where she was a member of the choir for 58 years.
      Helen was noted for being a poet and a composer and won numerous awards throughout the years for her poems and her songs and was the past State Chairman of Writers for the National League of American Pen Women and past State Chairman of Writers in NLAPW. She was also a member of the Cottner College Board in Lincoln, past president of Chapter E.U. of P.E.O. and past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star.
      She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother who loved spending time with her family and will be sadly missed but always remembered. Aside from her family, she loved the children at the Gering Middle School where she served as a foster grandmother for 7 years.
      Survivors include her daughter, Dee (Gene) Miller of Omaha and their children Shawn (Maureen) Miller and Jodi (Brad) Holen; son, Ken (Sandy) Strey of Gering and their children Kelly (Tammy) Strey, Shelley (Tom) Rowlee and Shannon (Kelly) Brunner; 13 great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
      Her husband William "Bill" Strey, brother Roland Reed, sister-in-law Lillian Reed, and brother and sister-in-law Roy and Earla Ummel preceded her in death.
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Ancestry of Michell Reed, Armstrong, Arthur Reed, (Privately published, Littleton, Colorado, 1967), Ancestry on-line.

    2. [S3] Obituary.

    3. [S8] Find a Grave.