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Submitted: 9/15/16 • Approved: 9/15/16 • Last Updated: 9/18/16 • R231828-G231828-S3
birth 21-Aug-1917 death 11-Apr-2013
Helen Pauline Deal Riffell, age 95, of Piqua passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 11:04 am in Piqua Manor. Born on August 21, 1917 in St Paris, Helen was a daughter of the late Ira Vernie and Mabel (Cost) Deal. She married John J Riffell on December 30, 1933 in Indiana and he preceded her in death in April 1962. She is survived by seven daughters and one son: Virginia Pennington of Kettering, John (Ruth) Riffell of Sidney, Donna Pauline (Nevin) Elleman, of Troy, Barbara (Bob) Helm of Tipp City, Shirley Morrow, Parker City, Indiana, and Sandy (Dean) Easterling of Troy, Janet (David Michael) Bowers of Easley, SC, Annette (Gregg) Miller of Piqua, and a daugther-in-law Jean Riffell of Casstown. She was a proud grandmother to twenty-three grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren, forty-one great grandchildren, five step great grandchildren and twenty-two great great grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister Anna Henderson of Piqua, a sister-in-law Faith Imy Deal of Sidney, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a son Donald Riffell, in 2006, an infant great granddaughter Ashley Reed in 1988, three brothers, Paul, Kenny and Carl and three sisters, Thetis Scamahorn, Thelma Ceyler and Wanda Westerman. Helen was a homemaker and a former member of the Fletcher United Methodist Church.
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