HELEN HARPER

Dateline/Kingman

Helen Harper, 96, died Aug. 14, 2020 at Pratt, Kansas.

She was born Marcy 7, 1924, in Clark County, Kansas the daughter of Evan J. and Mary Louise Yeothan Chappee. A longtime resident of the Kingman and Penalosa communities, moving to Sawyer in 2013 to live with her son, she was a retired Meat Inspector for the State of Kansas. She was also one of the first female federal meat inspectors in the State of Kansas.

Helen was a member of the St. Patrick Catholic Church, the D of I, Altar Society, and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, all of Kingman.

On Jan. 3, 1949, she married Owen V. Harper in Wichita; he died May 21, 2012. Survivors include son Mike; 5 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by son Drue' daughter Erma; grandson Matt Neal; brother Jack; and sisters Rosemary and Jeanne.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman with the family receiving friends from 12:00 p.m. until service time Friday. Burial will be in the Walnut Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be made with the KAMI Food Bank in care of the funeral home.