Helen Louise Handke

Funeral service for Helen Louise Handke, age 94, will be Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 2:00pm at the First Baptist Church in Verden, OK under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.

Helen was born the daughter of John and Mildred Nath on November 29, 1927 in El Reno, OK.  She died on October 4, 2022 in Chickasha, OK.

Helen moved to Verden as a young child.  She married Andrew Handke in 1944 and graduated from Verden High School in 1946.  The couple made their home in Verden prior to moving to Dutton where she and her husband started farming.  She also worked at the Dutton Store.  They farmed for years in the Dutton area before moving to the family farm south of Lake Chickasha where they farmed for many more years.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband Andrew Handke; her parents John and Mildred Nath; her brother Clifford and her sister Lillian.

She is survived by her daughter Ruth Ann James and husband Keith; son Kenneth Handke and wife Kay; son Keith Handke and wife Judy; brother Clyde Nath and wife Pauline; grandchildren Judi and husband Glen Wood, Natalie and husband Scott Church, Reed and wife Emily James, Roxi and husband Kyle Tallent, Amy and husband Brad Zerger, Derek and wife Kristy Handke; great-grandchildren Rebecca Wood, William and Weston Church, Piper and Reese James, Kylee and Rylon Tallent, Ethan and Dylan Zerger and Makenzie, Katelyn and Evan Handke.

Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery.