Helen Burbury, age 94, passed away peacefully on January 26th in Springfield, Missouri. She was born on February 9th, 1921 in Minneapolis Minnesota, daughter to Helen Stenberg Parrott and Whipple Owen Parrott. She and her husband, Carlos Burbury, lived in Elgin for over 50 years.
She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Carlos Burbury, brothers Ken and Bob Parrott, sisters Barbara Kreplin and Betty Smith and grandson Douglas (Diana) Burbury.
She is survived by her two sons Barry (Carleen) Burbury and Robert (Janet) Burbury; sister-in-laws Laurie and Rose Parrott; Granddaughters Kris Dalzell, Becky (Greg) Johnson, Amy (Mark) Satkiewicz, Kreena (Ian) Robbins and Deana (John) Peters; 4 Great-grandsons; 6 Great-granddaughters and 1 Great-great-grandson.
Visitation will be from 10am until time of service at 11am, Monday, February 1st, 2016 at O’Connor-Leetz Funeral Home in Elgin. Service will be officiated by Reverend Glen Morden of New City Church in Elgin.
Dear Barry & Bobby and families, So sorry to hear of Aunt Helen’s passing. I will always remember how creative she was with so many things: making pretty curtains, baking amazing cakes, making her own delicious candy, creating beautiful shadow boxes of old things. She loved to talk about the old days with her Mother and Father and she knew so much family history. Now the Whipple and Helen Matilda family circle is complete in Heaven. Love, Peggy, Roy and family