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After three weeks of hospitalization and no signs of improvement, Alta and Royle took Joyce home. She was lovingly cared for through the last five weeks of her dying by her parents, her Uncle Joe and Aunt Myrtle Helle, other aunts and uncles and friends.
Besides the normal helplessness and grief one faces when the death of a loved one occurs,".. . the order of nature was reversed, for children are supposed to bury their parents." --Camus. The slow agonizing death of Joyce was one sorrow, time did not erase for her parents and family.
Royle wrote the following poem about daughter Joyce to Lois Greene, Tennessee; sister of his daughter - in - law Ilene (Jones) Helle. Royle never met Lois as she died at age thirty -six.
Five times the stork brought us great joy,
Three times a girl and two times a boy.
And now they are grown and gone away,
My favorite is in her grave, so beautiful and gay.
The Lord wanted her in Heaven the people to cheer
While we down here shed many a bitter tear.
As I sit here with tears on my face
I tell you that is one sorrow time cannot erase.
The sun is dull, it doesn't shine
Since I lost a precious one of mine.
1 just looked out the window and what do I see
Three grandsons of mine to visit grandma and me.
I wipe off my tears and get to my feet
And go to the door, my grandsons to greet.
I picked up little Stevie and I hold him tight
All at once the sun is shining very bright.
ROYLE GLEN HELLE, 16g (Maternal: Alta Fouts 15,
Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13. Patemal: Royle 15,
George A. 14, Frederick 13)
b.
Ellisville, IL; Apr. 1936
Ellisville, IL; Apr. 1936m.. Augusta, GA; Dec. 1958
JUDITH "JUDY" WILSON WELBORN, daughter of Wilson Charles and Mary Catherine (Ellen)
Welborn.
b.Rockwood, TN; Dec. 1939
Rockwood, TN; Dec. 1939ROYLE GLEN HELLE was the youngest child of Royle and Alta (Fouts) Helle. He was born and grew to maturity on the family farm in the Babylon Bend area south of Ellisville. Glen graduated from Spoon River Valley High School in 1954. He graduated from Browns Business College in Quincy in 1964.
While serving in the U. S. Army he met and married JUDITH "JUDY" WILSON WELBORN. When they came to Illinois, Glen and Judy made their home in the Babylon Bend area. While Glen was stationed in Georgia, he had attended the University of Georgia and upon his return to Illinois attended Western Illinois University for three and one - half years. He farmed and worked at the Bushnell Bank for a number of years. He eventually bought a farm in the rural Bushnell area and operated it. The romance of the open road called Glen away from the day - by - day farming operation and he has been working for North American Van Lines for over two years.
Judy graduated from Richmond Academy in Augusta, Georgia, in 1957, Graham Hospital School of Nursing, Canton, in 1970, Western Illinois University in 1976 with a bachelor degree and a masters degree from that university in 1979. She found time to be a mother - three sons -- and a farm housewife while maintaining her out of home work schedule at Graham Hospital, Canton, as a nurse and now as Director of Nursing in that institution.
Glen and Judy are the parents of three sons:
MARK ANTHONY HELLE, 17g
b.Galesburg, IL; July 1960
Galesburg, IL; July 1960 DANIEL GLEN HELLE, 17g
b.Avon, IL; Nov. 1961
Avon, IL; Nov. 1961 STEVEN GREGORY HELLE, 17g
b.Avon, IL; Aug. 1964
Avon, IL; Aug. 1964MARK ANTHONY HELLE, 17g (Glen 16, Maternal: Alta Fouts 15, Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13. Paternal:
Royle 15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)
b. Galesburg, IL; 15 July 1960
m. Bushnell, IL; June 1979 TERESA DIANE HAVENS, daughter of Gary and Mary Ellen (Payne) Havens.
b.Avon, IL; July 1962
Avon, IL; July 1962 MARK ANTHONY HELLE graduated from Bushnell Prairie City High School in 1978 with honnors,from Western Illinois University in Macomb in 1983. He is employed as an accountant by the National Association of Security Dealers in Denver, Colorado. Mark married TERESA DIANE HAVENS who is also agraduate of Bushnell - Prairie City High School -- 1980; andWestern Illinois University, Macomb, in 1983. She is aC. P. A. employed by Arthur Young and Associates.Dan and LESLIE DALE DeVILLE were married in 1984. Leslie graduated from Mount Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, Illinois, in 1980. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 1984 and is a Dietetic Intern at Beth Israel Hospi-tal in Boston, Massachusetts.
STEVEN GREGORY HELLE, 17g (Glen Lb. Matemw. Alta Fouts 15, Tracy Helle 14, Frederick 13.
Paternal:Royle 15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)
Royle 15, George A. 14, Frederick 13)b.Avon, IL; Aug. 1964
Avon, IL; Aug. 1964m.Bushnell, IL; May 1984
Bushnell, IL; May 1984DUSTY ROSE LYNN, daughter of Marty and Rose Ann (Reed) Lynn.
b.Avon, IL; June 1965.
Avon, IL; June 1965.STEVEN GREGORY HELLE is the youngest son of Glen and Judy (Welborn) Helle. He is a 1982 graduate of Bushnell Prairie City High School. In 1985 Steve graduated with honors from Western Illinois University in Macomb.
Steve married DUSTY ROSE LYNN who was a graduate of Bushnell - Prairie City High School in 1983. Dusty attended Western Illinois University in Macomb for two and one - half years. Steve and Dusty reside in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where Steve is employed by E.D.S. as a System Engineer.
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