Steiner, Helen V. (Wood)

Helen V. Steiner (Wood)
July 7, 1909-April 4, 2001

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 5, 2001, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Helen V. Steiner, 91, of Niles, died at 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2001, at Riveridge Manor, Niles, following a brief illness.

She was born on July 7, 1909 at Peculiar, Missouri to Leroy M. and Leta Mae (Britton) Wood.  She has lived in Niles since 1930, coming from Peculiar, Mo., whee she was Valedictorian of her graduating class at Peculiar High School.

She was a member of Wesley United methodist Church, Niles, the Niles Music Club, Niles Cosmopolitan Club, and Order of Eastern Star, Niles Chapter #332.

On August 29, 1929 at Atchison, Kansas, she married Gail C. Steiner, D.O., who preceded her in death on February 19, 1984.

Besides her husband, Gail C. Steiner, she was preceded in death by twin sisters, Josephine Cain,and Albertine Whitten who died April 3, 2001, one day prior to Helen; and one brother, Frank Wood.

She is survived by a daughter, Marcia Jo Cousins, Buchanan; two sons, Charles Steiner, Ann Arbor and Timothy Gail Steiner, Hickory corners, Mich.; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; a brother Robert Wood, Sweeny, Texas; and two sisters, Margaret Wood, Berrien Center, and Mary Murphy, Niles.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 7, 2001 at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with Rev. Emmett H. Kadwell Jr. of Wesley United Methodist Church.  Committal services will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

There will be no public visitation.

Contributions in memory of Mrs. Steiner may be made to Ballard Elementary School Library or Wesley United Methodist Church.