Helen Fay Billhymer

PULASKI:  Helen Fay Billhymer, 81, of Pulaski, Iowa died May 9, 2008 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.  She was born August 31, 1926 in Davis County, Iowa to George and Dorthy Gardner Gibson.  She married Jack D. Billhymer August 11, 1945 in Bloomfield, Iowa.  He preceded her in death June 24, 1986.  She worked at the Bloomfield Care Center for 17 years in housekeeping and also as the Activities Director, retiring in 1989. A resident of Davis County her lifetime, she was also a homemaker.

She is survived by 3 daughters, Georgia (Danny) Harris, Susie (Rick) Peugh, both of Pulaski, Iowa, Mary “Joy” (Marvin) Ware of West Point, Iowa; 6 grandchildren, Danny (Denise) Harris Jr., Dennis Harris both of Pulaski, Bonnie Billhymer of Dayton, Ohio, Ricky Lee Peugh Jr. of Ames, Iowa, Dakota Peugh of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Damon Peugh of Chariton, Iowa; a great-grandson, Conner James Adams Peugh of Des Moines, Iowa; a sister, Hazel Lawson of Zanesville, Ohio; a brother, Richard Gibson of Kingman, Arizona; and a special friend, Gene Cubbage of Batavia, Iowa.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.