Helen Iris Rudy

Mrs. Helen Iris Rudy Mrs. Helen Iris Rudy, 93, died at 2:42 A.M. on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at the Alterra Sterling House South in Bartlesville. Visitation for Mrs. Rudy will be held from 3 P.M. until 7 P.M. on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the Fellers Funeral Home in Syracuse, Kansas. The funeral services will be held at 1 P.M. on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at the Fellers Funeral Home Chapel in Syracuse, Kansas with Pastor Joe Gould of the Christ’s New Covenant Church in Syracuse officiating. Interment will be in the Syracuse Cemetery. Local arrangements were under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Memorial funds have been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the East Bartlesville Christian Church Abiding Memorial Fund, 3221 East Tuxedo Blvd., Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74006 or to Comforting Hands Hospice, 2450 S.E. Washington Blvd., Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74006. Mrs. Rudy was born in Harrison County, Arkansas on April 29, 1918 the daughter of Jeremiah M. Lasley and Flora Francis (Lewman) Lasley. She attended elementary school at Cherokee, Oklahoma and graduated from Columbus High School in Columbus, Kansas in 1936. She then received her Normal Training Certificate and over the years was active as a teacher and a homemaker. She was married to H. Milton Rudy on May 1, 1938 at the J.P. Rudy homestead in Ingersol, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on November 18, 1999. After their marriage they made their home in Driftwood, Oklahoma and Okarche, Oklahoma and 55 years in Syracuse, Kansas until she moved to Bartlesville in 2001. Mrs. Rudy was a 60 year member of the Syracuse Presbyterian Church in Syracuse, Kansas, a member for over 50 years of Chapter AI, PEO of Syracuse, Kansas as well as the Order of Eastern Star in Syracuse, Kansas. She was also a member of the International China Decorations and Instructors, the Kansas, Colorado and Arizona China Decorators, and the DAR. She enjoyed her family, china painting, music, bridge, dominos and fishing. Mrs. Rudy is survived by two daughters, Sheryl Carter and husband Dennis of Marietta, Georgia and Jerri Meyer and husband Mitch of Bartlesville, Okla., six grandchildren, Andrea Wood of Greeley, Colorado, BriAnne Chayer and husband Monty of Linn Valley, Kansas, Jeremy Meyer and wife Carrie of Tigard, Oregon, Matthew Meyer and wife Jennifer of Round Rock, Texas, Erin Carter of Dighton, Kansas and Kyle Carter of Fort Collins, Colorado, her great grandchildren, Sydney Carter of Ottawa, Kansas Erica and Blake Carter of Lakin, Kansas, Payton and Alyson Wood of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jacob West of Greeley, Colorado, Mikayla Carter of Fort Collins, Colorado, Rex Milton Chayer of Linn Valley, Kansas, Lyra and Brody Meyer of Tigard, Oregon, and Abigail and J.D. Meyer of Round Rock, Texas and nieces and nephews, Georgia Mae Davis, M.G. Scroggs, Ruth Ann Scroggs, Larry Cinnamon, Byrl Cinnamon, Scot Cinnamon and Toni Geis. Mrs. Rudy was preceded in death by two sons, Rolan Royce on April 22, 1979 and Nelson Earl on July 16, 1988 and sisters, Mabel Fee and Denzile Coffin and brothers Willard Lasley and Wesley (Mike) Lasley. PDF Printable Version

Helen Iris Rudy

April 29, 1918 - December 20, 2011