Helen Bahre
Obituary
Helen Irene Graber Bahre, 90, of Lyons,
passed away Sunday (May 6, 2018) at Topeka Presbyterian Manor. She
was born Oct. 12, 1927, in Moundridge, the daughter of John P. and
Anna K. Goering Graber. She graduated from Moundridge High School
with the class of 1946.
Helen worked in the offices of Axtell
Hospital in Newton and the Rice County Hospital in Lyons. She also
worked as the secretary for the First Presbyterian Church in Junction
City.
Helen was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, Lyons; Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Newton; and
Sweet Adelines in Lyons. Helen and her husband of 70 years, Roland,
enjoyed traveling the country with the Wheat State Campers.
Helen is survived by her son, John and
wife Judy Bahre of Topeka; daughter, Susan and husband Larry Wareham
of Waller, Texas; sister, Evelyn Koehn of Wichita; four
grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; her husband, Roland Bahre; three brothers, Clarence, Bill
and Vern Graber; and three sisters, Edna Graber, Mildred Bartrug and
Marge Dyck.
A family burial service will be 10:30
a.m. Thursday (May 10, 2018) at the First Mennonite Church Cemetery,
Moundridge. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Thursday (May 10, 2018) at
the First Presbyterian Church, Lyons, with Rev. Lara MacGregor
officiating.
Memorials can be made to the Topeka
Presbyterian Manor Good Samaritan Fund in care of Birzer Funeral
Home, Lyons.
