Helen Chitwood

Helen L. Chitwood, 84, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Basil and Delpha Whitt Vannostran. She was born March 17, 1921 at Cushing, Oklahoma and passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2005 at her home following a brief illness. Helen was a graduate of Cushing High School. She and George Chitwood were married on August 14, 1937 in Chandler, Oklahoma. She and her husband moved to Perry from Sallisaw, Oklahoma in 1958 when they purchased Perry Printing Office Supply. They operated the business from 1958 until they retired in 1981. Helen was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Perry Golf and Country Club. She was a volunteer at Operation Blessing for several years. She loved the game of golf. Even after she felt she was physically unable to play any longer, she stayed close to the game and its players by helping out in the pro shop on special occasions. Helen particularly enjoyed the young people and helped with the annual Junior Golf Tournament for many years. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 26, 2005 in the Brown-Dugger Funeral Home Chapel in Perry, Oklahoma. Rev. Ed Cook will officiate. Interment will be in Grace Hill Cemetery at Perry. Services are under the direction of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home of Perry. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home, 1010 N. 7th St., Perry, OK 73077. Survivors are two daughters, Judie Chitwood, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Corky Mayes and her husband, Byron, of Edmond, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, Pamela Zumwalt, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Dina Anderson and her husband, Scott, of Owasso, Oklahoma; three great-grandchildren, Zachary Zumwalt, and his wife, Brittany, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Kaylen Anderson and Kristen Anderson, both of Owasso, Oklahoma; and special friends of the family, Julie Duff and Mike Hagerty. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, George, in 1995; her parents, one brother and two sisters. Condolences may be sent to the family using our online guest book at www.brown-duggerfuneralhome.com.