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Gala May Helfrich
Published 7/15/2008 in Obituaries
Gala May Helfrich
SYRACUSE -- Gala May Helfrich, 69, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at her home in Topeka, after a battle with lung cancer.
She was born May 14, 1939, in Las Animas, Colo., to Juanita and William F. Frazee.
She earned a bachelor's degree in music and business education from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colo., where she was the lead trombonist for the Adams State Top of the Nation Band. Her professional career included teaching music at Coolidge elementary, middle and high schools from 1962 to 1965 and at Syracuse Elementary School from 1973 to 1983. She was an active member of St. Raphael Catholic Church in Syracuse, serving as organist and choir director for many years.
On Aug. 21, 1965, she married John L. "Jack" Helfrich in Syracuse. He died June 24, 1987. She also was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Leo, Clyde and Francis Frazee.
Survivors include a son, Anthony Garrett "Tony" Helfrich of Topeka; a daughter, Marcia Jean Blair of Topeka; two grandsons; and a brother, Merle Frazee of Eads, Colo.
Rosary will be 6:30 p.m. Friday at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Syracuse. Mass and memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, followed by an inurnment ceremony at Hamilton County Cemetery.
Condolences or signing of the guest book may be done at www.brownfuneraldirectors.com or fellersfh@yahoo.com. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society or Catholic Community Hospice, both in care of Brown Funeral Home, 1109 Hickman St., Eads, CO 81036 or Fellers Funeral Home, Box 1253, Syracuse, KS 67878.
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