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November 20, 2009

Anonymous The Kokomo Tribune Fri Nov 20, 2009, 12:47 AM EST

Sept. 5, 1957 - Nov. 18, 2009

Helen Wyness Marr, 52, Russiaville, passed away at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at her home following an extended illness. She was born Sept. 5, 1957, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Helen spent her childhood in Venezuela and came to the United States in the 1970s to receive a high school education in Vermont. After graduation, she was reunited with her parents in Marco Island, Fla., where she worked in hotel management for the Ritz-Carlton and Radisson Hotels. Helen remained in the Marco Island, Naples area until moving to Indiana in 1991. Upon her move to Indiana she attended Indiana Wesleyan University, and worked for the state of Indiana, Department of Education as a migrant case worker.

Helen enjoyed traveling to Florida to visit friends, made a trip to Venezuela, and returned to Wales several times to visit her parents. She enjoyed music, friends, playing board games, golf, campfires, the outdoors, and all of her animals including Boots, Buddy, Maddie, Emily, Schatzie and Ms. Celie. Helen was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association and the American Buckskin Association.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Betty Lucy Eileen Thomas Marr, and Dennis Trevor Llewellyn Marr, M.B.E., Raglan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her father Dennis was the Honorary British Consul in Venezuela.

Helen is survived by a life-soul companion, Linda Rae Politz; and Indiana mom, Helen Sr. both of Kokomo; one sister, Fiona Llewellyn Marr, Raglan, Wales; one niece Dr. Eliana Romero Teague (husband Ryan Neilan Teague); and great-niece, Alicia Rhys Teague, all of Houston, Texas.

A memorial service is 2 p.m. Sunday at Stout & Son Funeral Home Russiaville Chapel, 200 E. Main St. Russiaville. Pastor Jason Grant will officiate. Friends may call one hour before the service at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.stoutandson.com.

Thank you to all the friends, family and neighbors for their fabulous support and prayers, and to the Visiting Nurses Home Health Care and VNS Hospice for their caring hands and hearts.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to any of the following, the hospice of your choice; the Scleroderma Foundation, Attn: Donations, 300 Rosewood Dr. Suite 105, Danvers, MA 01923,

sclerodermafoundation.com; the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St. New York, NY, 10016, the nationalkidney

foundation.com, all in Memory of Helen Marr.

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