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Helen Louise Raines

Name: K of C Service
Start: 10/26/2014 07:15 AM
Location: Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel

February 24, 1918 — October 24, 2014

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K of C Service

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel - Scott City

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Starts at 7:15 am (Central time)

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Visitation

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel - Scott City

Sunday, October 26, 2014

5:00 - 8:00 pm (Central time)

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Parish Prayer Service

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel - Scott City

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Starts at 7:00 pm (Central time)

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Funeral Mass

St. Augustine Catholic Church

Monday, October 27, 2014

Starts at 10:00 am (Central time)

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Interment

St. Augustine Cemetery

Monday, October 27, 2014

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Helen Louise Raines

Helen Louise Raines of Kelso, MO, 96 years and 8 months of age, died peacefully on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Lutheran Home. After a difficult birth she took her first breath on February 24, 1918 weighing just three pounds. Her mother, Rosalia Hess passed on the next day. Her grandparents, John B and Matilda Hess raised her as their youngest child. She attended St. Augustine Catholic School and has been a lifetime member of the St. Augustine Parish, St. Ann's Sodality and Kelso Sr. Citizens. She married Monroe Jacob Raines on September 3, 1940. They operated a dairy farm just west of Kelso. In 1972 they moved to Village of Kelso. Helen liked helping others, sewing and making quilts. She is survived by a daughter, Kathleen (Steve) Keesee; a son, Leonard (Carol) Raines; five grandchildren, Stacie (Scott) Franc, Jason Keesee, Aaron (Belinda) Keesee, Jill (Craig) Glenzy and Leanne (Gary) Heuring; seven great grandchildren, Alexi, Scotty and Steven Franc, Glenn Keesee, Brent and Ryan Glenzy and Carter Heuring and four sister-in-laws, Aileen (Butch) Heisserer, Betty (Pete) Raines, Dorothy (Joe) Raines and Betty (Shorty) Raines. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 1, 1995. She was the last living member of the John B. Hess Family. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 8:00 PM, Sunday at Amick-Burnett Chapel in Scott City. Parish Prayers will be at 7:00, followed by K of C prayer service. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 AM, Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso with Rev. Oliver Clavin celebrant. Burial will be in at St. Augustine Cemetery in Kelso, MO.

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