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Pentecost, Helen Anne
Helen Anne Pentecost, 93, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton. Graveside services will be held at Inland Cemetery, Bennett, on Saturday, March 26, at 3 p.m. A visitation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Fry Funeral Home, 220 East Sixth St., Tipton.
Helen was born Feb. 2, 1918, in rural Bennett, to John Henry and Lucy (Pohlmann) Dahl. She attended country school and lived within Cedar County all of her life. On Oct. 12, 1942, Helen was united in marriage to Monte Clair Pentecost in Kahoka, Mo. She was a homemaker and farmwife.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Jane (Craig) Burris of Long Grove, Iowa, and Linda (Steve) Treasure of Kirksville, Mo.; grandchildren, Jim (Rachelle) Cromer, Matt Treasure, Elizabeth (Dustin) Hotz and Sarah Treasure; great-grandchildren, Timothy and Conor Cromer and Lily Hotz; three nephews; and two nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Monte in 1983; sisters, Ella Dahl and Edna Krafock; and brother, Oscar Dahl.
Memorials may be made to Cedar Manor Nursing Home.
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