Obituary

Helen M. Preedy, 87

Helen M. APeg@ Preedy was born September 13, 1911 in Leoti, Kansas, to William and Maude Lawrence. She departed this life Saturday, December 26, 1998, at Colorado Plains Medical Center.

The family moved from Kansas to Eads when Peg was a child. She attended local schools, graduating from Eads High School, where she was a member of the state championship basketball team.

July 24, 1933, Peg was united in marriage to Oscar AChick@ Preedy at Scott City, Kansas. In 1945, the family moved to a farm east of Fort Morgan where they farmed and raised tomatoes until moving to Tucson, Arizona, upon their retirement in 1964. Chick died there the following year. Peg then moved to live with her son, Charles, in California. The family moved back to Fort Morgan in 1991.

Peg had been active in the local PTA, the Platte Avenue Social Club and the First Christian Church. She is survived by her son, Charles, of Fort Morgan.

Following cremation, private memorial services will be held later.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Jolliffe Mortuary.

AWhen others wore the white carnation/ I passed it by with casual glance/ Because I had my wonderful mother/ It held no deep significance/ Today I wear that pallid flower,/ And learn a truth I never knew B/ The white carnation is a token,/ That tears have blanched its crimson hue.@