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Helen Elizabeth Casper, 89, of Cabool, Missouri formerly of Britt passed away Sunday, January 26, 2003, at the Kabul Nursing Home, in Cabool, Missouri.
Helen, the daughter of Ernest and Florence (Farr) Sanford, was born July 25, 1913, in Wheeler County, Nebraska, near Pibel Lake, Nebraska. At an early age, Helen moved with her family to Belgrade, Nebraska where she graduated from Belgrade High School in 1930.
On February 25, 1933, Helen was united in marriage with Louis Casper. The couple made their home on a farm north of Belgrade until 1957, when the family moved to a farm near Britt. In 1973, the couple moved into town. Mr. Casper moved to Cabool, Missouri in 1996.
Following a stroke in February of 1999, Helen moved to Nokomis, Florida where she lived with her daughter Margaret Dewey. In August of 2002, she became a resident of Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri.
Mrs. Casper is survived by six children: Connie Mattox of Huntsville, Alabama, George Casper and his wife, Judy of Cabool, Missouri, Mary Doughty and her husband, Bill of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, Paul Casper and his wife, Maruta of Mountain Grove, Missouri, Linda Thompson and her husband, Lynn of Estherville, Iowa, and Margaret Dewey and her husband, Chuck of Nokomis, Florida; nineteen grandchildren; thirty-four great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; sister Elsie Reeves of Blue Earth, Minnesota; two sisters-in-law Violet Johnson of Oakland, Nebraska and Joy Sanford of Los Angeles, California; brother-in-law Walter Lundeen of Oakland, Nebraska; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Louis in 1995, son Lanny in 1981, graddaugther Michele Thompson in 1973, great-grandson David Casper, Jr. in 2002, three brothers and two sisters.