Roy A.
Helfrich
of
Beckemeyer
died
Wednesday,
September
2, 2009
at the
Carlyle
Healthcare
Center
at the
age of
87
years.
Mr.
Helfrich
was born
in St.
Louis,
Missouri
on
October
5, 1921
the son
of
Edward
and
Loretta(
Smith)
Helfrich.
He
married
Catherine
Casagrand
in St.
Louis on
May 27,
1968 and
she
survives
along
with a
son:
Brian
Helfrich
and wife
Jan of
Beckemeyer;
stepchildren:
Barb
Pullem
and
husband
David of
Hillsboro,
Missouri,
Ruth
Callaway
of
Beckemeyer,
Paul
Schneider
and wife
Peggy of
Imperial,
Missouri
and
Glenn
Schneider
of
Rolla,
Missouri;
two
sisters:
Delores
Korte of
St.
Louis
and
Helen
Helfrich
of
Sweetwater,
Texas; 3
grandchildren,
11 step
grandchildren;
and 7
great
grandchildren.
Roy was
retired
from
Southwestern
Telephone
and had
served
in the
Army. He
was a
member
of the
Holthaus-Kampwerth
American
Legion
Post
1227 of
Beckemeyer.
He
enjoyed
woodworking,
square
dancing
and
quilting.
Mr.
Helfrich
donated
his body
to St.
Louis
University
School
of
Medicine.
A
Celebration
of Life
service
will be
Saturday,
September
5, 2009
at 10:30
A.M. at
the
Catherine
Kasper
Chapel
at the
Carlyle
Healthcare
Center.
Expressions
of
sympathy
may be
made to
the
charity
of the
donors
choice
and
those
will be
received
at the
Frerker
Funeral
Home in
Carlyle
which is
serving
the
family.