Mattie Ellan Hellwig, 82, of rural Oswego, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at her home. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected.
She was born on November 29, 1930, in Clinton, Oklahoma, to Okla George and Hazel (Curry) Storm. As a young girl, her family moved to Southeast Kansas where she attended school and was a 1948 graduate of Oswego High School.
She was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oswego.
On February 18, 1951, she and Jack Hellwig were married. Through the years, she was a homemaker and assisted her husband in their dairy operation. He preceded her in death on January 27, 1998.
Survivors include numerous cousins and a host of friends.
Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 24, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Chetopa. Friends may call at their convenience from noon through 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oswego. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.
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