- Date Of Birth: March 4, 1920
- Date Of Death: August 9, 2011
- State: Michigan
PURDY, Helen L. Kalamazoo, MI. Died Tuesday morning August 9, 2011. Helen was born March 4, 1920 in Hastings, Michigan a daughter of Herbert and Nellie Service Rose. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident for 20 years, coming from Hastings.
Helen was employed with the Hastings Manufacturing Company for 28 years, before retiring. She was also a member of the Women of the Moose. Helen was preceded in death by her parents; a son David Purdy in 1967; 6 brothers; and 1 sister.
Helen is survived by 2 children, Dr. Jerry Marcia Kay Purdy of Climax and Barbara J. Ingram of Rockford, MI; 6 grandchildren, Tracy Shawn VanPortfliet, Jennifer Ingram, Cherie Jon Ruiter, Sara Jim Fragle, Adrienne Craig Wood, and John Tyne Buhl Purdy; 6 great-grandchildren, Teresa Josh Reed, Jacob and Charlotte Ruiter, Sylvia and Nia Wood and Lila Fragle; a sister, Betty McIlvain of Hastings; and several nieces and nephews.
