HELEN BURGESS
1926 - 2017
Obituary
Helen Maxine Burgess, 91, died Saturday
(Oct. 21, 2017) at the Asbury Park Greenhouse in Newton.
She was born Aug. 1, 1926, on a family
farm southeast of Minneola, to Leslie C. and Mabel McInteer - the
fourth child born to the McInteers and the first daughter; a sister,
Ruth, followed in 1930. Helen attended the Minneola schools and
graduated in 1944, then attended Salt City Business School in
Hutchinson. She was a bookkeeper for grain elevators and feed mills
in Minneola, Peabody and Hesston, retiring from Sunglo Feed in
Hesston in 1991.
She met her first husband, Cyrus
Maxfield, in Hutchinson while he was in the U.S. Navy. They made
their home in his home state of Washington where their two children,
Gail and Bud, were born. When Cyrus was killed in a logging truck
accident in 1952, Helen brought the children back to Kansas near her
family. She married Porter Burgess in 1953 in Minneola and they lived
there until 1969, when they moved to the Newton area where she
continued to live. Porter died March 10, 1998.
She was a member of the First United
Methodist Church of Newton.
Helen is preceded in death by her
parents; two husbands; daughter, Gail Smith; three brothers: Don,
Merle and Glen; and a nephew, Dennis McInteer.
She is survived by her sons: Bud
Maxfield and wife Judith of Minneola, Don Burgess of Newton and Scott
Burgess and his wife Mel McKinney of Edwards, Colorado; her daughter
Debbie and husband Kirk Matz of Hesston; son-in-law, Craig Smith of
Westmoreland; grandchildren: Mike Smith and wife Christine of
Thornton, Colorado, Jeff Smith of Parkville, Missouri, Justin
Maxfield and wife Kristen of Houston, Angela and husband Steve
Aldershof of Newton, Jessica Matz of Hesston and Amanda Rohleder and
husband Nate of Hays; seven great-grandchildren: Cameron and Payton
Smith, Mackenna and Easton Aldershof, Carson and Avery Maxfield and
Miles Rohleder; her sister, Ruth Baker of Minneola; and one niece and
six nephews.
A visitation with the family will be
held from 6 to 8 p.m Friday (Oct. 27, 2017) at Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home.
Inurnment services will be held at 10
a.m. Saturday (Oct. 28. 2017) at Appleton Township in Minneola.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been
established with Good Shepherd Hospice. Contributions can be sent to
Broadway Colonial Funeral Home at 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences can be left online at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home of Newton.
