Helen D. APLAND

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Butler > 92-5, 1940, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. Grandin Hunt 29
Helen Dores Hunt 28
Wallace Grandine Hunt 1

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• Obituary: Rockford Register Star, 2000, Illinois, USA. Saturday, March 4, 2000
Helen D. Hunt, 88, of Rockford, formerly of Paxton, Elliott and Rankin, Ill., died at 6:55 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2000, in Wesley Willows Health Center. Born Feb. 11, 1912, in Pontiac, Ill., to Martin and Mabel Ryerson Apland. Married Grandin Hunt in Paxton on Aug. 26, 1937 he died Oct. 5, 1988. Helen graduated from Pontiac High School and attended Illinois State University, Normal. She taught all eight grades in a one-room school, rural Rankin. Member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Rockford. Former member of Rankin United Methodist Church, Rankin Eastern Star and Saturday Night Bridge Club. She enjoyed sewing and brought joy to countless children with her beautifully handcrafted teddy bears. Survivors include sons, Wallace (Charlene) Hunt and Gary (Virginia) Hunt of Rockford, Rodney (Pat) Hunt of Marietta, Ga., and David Hunt of Yorkville foster daughter, Margaret (Bill) Rotramel of Champaign grandchildren, Bryan, Kristin, Gregory, David and Tanya Hunt and Amy Haldeman great-grandchildren, Brittney, Zackery, Ellyn and Evan Hunt and brother, Eugene (Ruth) Apland of Gibson City. Also predeceased by parents brother, Ronald Apland and sister, Martha Meyer.

Services at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4, in Knapp-Miller Funeral Home, 142 W. Patton St., Paxton, with the Rev. Raymond Radae officiating. Burial in Glen Cemetery, Paxton. Visitation from 11:30 a.m. to service time Saturday in the funeral home. Memorials to Rankin United Methodist Church. 3-3-2

• Cemetery: Glen Cemetery, Paxton, 2000, Ford County, Illinois, USA.

Helen married Grandin HUNT on 26 Aug 1937 in Paxton, Ford County, Illinois, USA. (Grandin HUNT was born on 16 Dec 1910 in Illinois, USA and died on 5 Oct 1988.)