Helen Louise Boody Sawyer died on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Botkin Care and Rehab in Wellington, Kansas.
Mrs. Sawyer was born January 31, 1933, in Hutchinson, Kansas to Wilmer Walborn Boody and Charlotte “Ruth” Hamilton Boody. As a youth she spent her years in Kansas, Missouri, Utah, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. She was a graduate of Canon City High School, Canon City, Colorado. She also attended Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, and Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas.
On May 29, 1952, Helen married the love of her life, Porter “Eugene” Sawyer in Enid, Oklahoma. She was a stay-at-home mom while living in Colorado. She sold Avon, babysat in the home, sang in various church choirs, taught Sunday School, and was a Den Mother for Cub Scouts. Once the Sawyer family had relocated to South Haven, in 1975, from Colorado, Helen went to work at Wheatland Lodge Nursing Home as a Certified Nurse Assistant, a Certified Medical Aide, and Social Services Director. She retired from South Haven Guest Home (formerly Wheatland Lodge) after 28 years of service. Helen loved to knit and crochet, and lovingly gave away what she had created. Many babies wore the baby booties that she had completed.
Helen is survived by her youngest brother, Dale Boody; four children: Charles (Loveda) Sawyer of Miles City, Montana; Robert Sawyer of Hutchinson, Kansas; David (Yvonne) Sawyer of Hutchinson, Kansas; Linda (Rick) Evans of Yates Center, Kansas. 11 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren with one on the way. Also surviving is brother-in-law, Jack Garrison, and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Porter Eugene Sawyer, her parents, and two brothers: Howard Boody and Elwin Boody.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, June 2, 2023, in South Haven, KS at the Christian Church, with internment to follow at the Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, KS. Family asks that you wear purple, yellow, or pink, as they are Helen’s favorite colors.
A memorial fund has been established with the First Christian Church for the Heating and Air Conditioning Fund, 123 West 9th Street, Wellington, KS 67152 or Good Shepherd Hospice, 505 East 16th Street, Wellington, KS 67152.
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Arrangements by Cornejo Funeral Home + Crematory, 1030 Mission Road, Wellington, Kansas.