Helen M. Childs

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March 10, 2010

Anonymous The Meadville Tribune Wed Mar 10, 2010, 12:24 AM EST

Helen M. Childs, 89, formerly of Woodland Mobile Home Park, Meadville, and a current resident of Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community, died there Monday, March 8, 2010.

She was born Feb. 14, 1921, in Alan Mills, a daughter of the late Albert J. and Ethel Crosby Raybuck. She married Arden G. Childs Jan. 8, 1944; he preceded her in death March 6, 1980.

A 1940 graduate of Townville High School, Helen was a homemaker and had formerly worked at Talon.

She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and former member and Sunday school teacher of Little Cooley United Methodist Church. She volunteered at the Meadville Soup Kitchen, enjoyed flower gardening over the years, loved her dogs including her most recent dog, Angel Bootsie, and was a very loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Leonheart of Meadville; a son, David H. Childs of Meadville; three sisters, Shirley Wykoff and her husband, Bud, of Meadville, Joanne Bunce and her husband, Nelson, of Meadville, and Patty Leonheart and her husband, George, of Linesville; two grandchildren, Michelle Miller and her husband, Ned, and Michael Leonheart and his wife, Christina; a stepgrandson, Curtis Dunkerly and his wife, Janel; five great-grandchildren, Nathan and Brianna Campbell and Amanda, Kimberly, and Zane Leonheart; a stepgreat-grandson, Devin Mandaville; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Louise Gawlinski; and a brother, Harold Raybuck.

Calling hours will be Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Robert W. Waid Funeral Home, 581 Chestnut St., Meadville, where the funeral and committal service will follow at 3 p.m.

The family suggests memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 828 N. Main St., American Cancer Society, 505 Poplar St., Suite 310, or the Meadville Soup Kitchen, 956 S. Main St., all of Meadville, Pa. 16335.

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