Raymond E. Helsley

Raymond Helsley

ALTON

Raymond Eugene Helsley, 62, died at 2:49 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2005, at Alton Memorial Hospital. A son of Anthony Dice and Edith (Slaten) Helsley, he was born Oct. 19, 1942, in Otterville. He married the former JoAnn Hurst on June 24, 1966, in Alton. She survives. A collector for the First National Bank in Alton for more than seven years, he was a member of the College Avenue Presbyterian Church and was very active with the Disabled American Veterans. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era.

Besides his wife, surviving are a daughter, Jennifer McGiffen and her husband,

William, of Alton; four grandchildren, Allen and Christopher Aldridge and Taylor and Shane McGiffen; a brother, Jack Helsley and his wife, Joan, of Virginia Beach, Va.; many beloved nieces and nephews; a brother- in-law, Henry Hurst and his wife, Betty, of Carlinville; and a sister-in-law, Claudette Hurst of Bethalto. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation and services were at Gent Funeral Home in Alton. The Rev. George Humbert officiated. Burial followed at Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey.

Memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans. Online information and guestbook may be found at www.gentfuneralhome.com.

 [This obituary was copied and edited from The Alton Telegraph using SSDI dates and a paid database,  Newspaperarchive.com. mhl]