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Norma Janene Boyce grew to maturity on her parents' apple orchard farm. She graduated from Spoon River Valley High School, attended Spoon River College, Canton, and received a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from Western Illinois University, Macomb, in 1981. Norma is employed as a case worker for the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
Norma married RICHARD ALAN LINDSEY when she was twenty - one years of age. Dick is a graduate of Canton High School, Spoon River College and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Illinois University, Macomb, in 1981. He is employed as a lab technician for the City of Canton. He is currently taking courses toward a Master's degree in Health Education.
Norma and Dick are the parents of:
LEAH JANENE LINDSEY, 18g
b.
Canton, IL; Aug. 1983
Canton, IL; Aug. 1983JUNE MARIE BOYCE, 17g (Ava Helle 16. Maternal:
Alta Fouts 15, Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13.
Paternal:Royle 15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)
Royle 15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)b.Galesburg, IL; June 1960
Galesburg, IL; June 1960m.Cuba, IL; June 1978
Cuba, IL; June 1978WAYNE LEE MARLElTE, son of Perry Allen and Eva Lou (Eaton) Marlette.
b.Canton, IL; Feb. 1959
Canton, IL; Feb. 1959JUINE MARIE BOYCE grew to maturity on her parents' apple orchard farm. She is a graduate of Spoon River Valley High School, Fairview, and is attending Spoon River College, Canton. She married WAYNE LEE MARLE'ITE and they are the parents of:
DANIELLE MARIE MARLE'ITE, 18g
b.Canton, IL; Jan. 1983
Canton, IL; Jan. 1983LEILA JANETA HELLE, 16g (Maternal: Alta Fouts 15,
Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13. Paternal: Royle 15,
George A. 14, Frederick 13)
b.Ellisvilie, IL; Sep. 1931
Ellisvilie, IL; Sep. 1931m.Ajo, AZ; Jan. 1968
Ajo, AZ; Jan. 1968FRANK DELANO VLADICH, son of Dan and Dorothy (Brnchie) Viadich.
b.Jerome, AZ; May 1933
Jerome, AZ; May 1933LEILA JANETA HELLE was born in the house of the Fouts family farm in the Babylon Bend area. She attended the nearby country school for her early years of education and graduated from Bushnell High School. She obtained her Bachelor degree in Education and has remained active in the field of education in Illinois and in Arizona since her move there in the 1960's because of her allergies to the molds and grasses in Illinois.
Shortly after her move to Arizona, she met and married FRANK DELANO VLADICH, a co - teacher at the time. Both are teachers in the Tucson, Arizona schools. They are the parents of:
FRANK DIMITRI VLADICH, 17g
b.Phoenix, AZ; May 1969
Phoenix, AZ; May 1969 FRITZ DELANO VLADICH, 17g
b.Phoenix, AZ; Sep. 1970
Phoenix, AZ; Sep. 1970NORMAN JEAN HELLE, 16g (Maternal: Alta Fouts 15,
Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13. Paternal: Royle,
15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)
b.Ellisville, IL; Aug. 1932
Ellisville, IL; Aug. 1932m.Ellisville, IL; Zion Lutheran Church; June 1961
Ellisville, IL; Zion Lutheran Church; June 1961 ILENE EVONNE JONES, daughter of Louis Bedford and Dona (Garland) Jones.
b.Sneedville, TN; Feb. 1942
Sneedville, TN; Feb. 1942NORMAN JEAN HELLE was the third child and first son born to Royle and Alta (Fouts) Helle. He worked hard on the farms his parents farmed while he was growing up. A graduate of Bushnell High School, he attended Western Illinois University at Macomb, for two years. Since that time he has farmed and learned the carpenter trade. He commuted from his farm next to the farm of his parents' in the Babylon Bend area to Canton where he worked as a carpenter eight hours a day year round then returned to the work of the farm evenings and on weekends. Norman states that the many changes in farming methods since he was a child are impressive events in his life. World War II is a vivid memory also.
Norman did not marry until he had constructed a new home on his farm for his bride, ILENE EVONNE JONES. Ilene grew up in Tennessee and moved to Illinois as a teenager and lived with her brother's family in Canton.
Norman and Ilene are the parents of:
PAULA JEAN HELLE, 17g
b.Canton, IL; May 1962
Canton, IL; May 1962 RODNEY CRAIG HELLE, 17g
b.Canton, IL; May 1965
Canton, IL; May 1965 STACEY RYAN HELLE, 17g
b.Canton, IL; Feb. 1968
Canton, IL; Feb. 1968PAULA JEAN HELLE, 17g (Norman 16. Maternal: Alta
Fouts 15, Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13. Paternal:
Royle 15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)
b.Canton, IL; May 1962
Canton, IL; May 1962m.Canton, IL; Presbyterian Church; Dec. 1981
Canton, IL; Presbyterian Church; Dec. 1981KENNETH LEROY HOPPING, son of Solomon Eugene and Viva Inelda Mae (Myers) Hopping.
b.Galesburg, IL; July 1961
Galesburg, IL; July 1961PAULA JEAN HELLE graduated from Spoon River Valley High School, Fairview. She attended Bradley University in Peoria and then Western Illinois University in Macomb; majoring in music.
Paula met her future husband, KENNETH LEROY HOPPING through her interest in music. Both talented singers, they are in great demand for weddings and community gatherings. Kenneth attended Robert Morris College in Carthage, Illinois majoring in management and accounting. Paula and Kenneth are the parents of fraternal twins:
JACOB ROYLE HOPPING, 18g
b.Macomb, IL; Mar. 1983
Macomb, IL; Mar. 1983NATHANIAL RYAN HOPPING, 18g
b.Macomb, IL; Mar. 1983
Macomb, IL; Mar. 1983LODEMA JOYCE HELLE, 16g (Maternal: Alta Fouts 15,
Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13. Paternal: Royle 15,
George A. 14, Frederick 13)
b.Ellisville, IL; Oct. 1934
Ellisville, IL; Oct. 1934d.Bushnell, IL; Feb. 1948
Bushnell, IL; Feb. 1948br. Ellisville, IL; Wiley Cemetery
LODEMA JOYCE HELLE was the fourth child of Alta (Fouts) and Royle Helle. As musically talented as her father and siblings, Joyce enjoyed the family band and performing. At thirteen years of age she was a happy, caring teenager. In late December, 1947, Joyce became ill with measles and the resulting high fever caused secondary encephalitis and she lapsed into a coma from which she never recovered. In addition to the complications caused by the measles, it was the opinion of two doctors that Joyce also had a brain tumor. This tragic situation had an unusual parallel. On 20 March 1943, Alta, suffering from severe head pain, was taken to Graham Hospital in Canton in the middle of the night. In the early morning hours, Dr. E. P. Coleman operated and removed a mastoid tumor. Alta recovered completely.
I Remember
Lee Helle 16th g, From the age of four to six I lived at the home of Uncle Royle, after that many school summer vacations were spent on his farm. Uncle Royle's two children closest to myself in age ( Joyce & Glen ) were like brother and sister to me. The mischief we didn't get into was never invented. The loss of Joyce hit this thirteen old very hard, her smiling face and corn silk blonde hair is a picture still fresh in my mind.
