HELEN LOUISE (DERSTLER) WILLIAMS FRAZER

Helen Louise Derstler, 89, formerly of Hardin, MO died at 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Leisureworld Nursing Home in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Helen was born August 1, 1920 in Richmond, MO to Charles Edward and Josephine Julia (Whitmer) Derstler.
Helen graduated from Richmond High School in 1938. She worked at the J.C. Penny Store part time while attending high school. Helen met L.Z. Williams of Hardin, MO in 1938 when she attended a dance at the "Hardin Community Picnic". L.Z. asked her to dance, and he quickly won her heart. Once it was evident that the US would be going to war, Helen accepted a position in the Office of Inspection at the Lake City Arsenal Department where she was employed until leaving there to go to Florence, SC to marry L.Z. who had enlisted in the Army Air Corp and was stationed in South Carolina. They later returned to Hardin and started Eveready Gas and Oil. L.Z. ran the company and Helen provided the bookkeeping. L.Z. and Helen had one child, Candice Sue Williams. At the age of 46, L.Z. began a battle with cancer and passed away 1971 at the age of 51. Helen later married W. H. Frazer, Jr. of Stet, MO. Unfortunately "Junior" passed away in 1995.
Helen was a former member of the Eastern Star and P.E.O. Helen had moved to Brantford, Ontario in 1996 to live with her daughter, Candice (Williams) Shantz Woodcock.
Besides her daughter, Candice, Helen is survived by her sister Maxine Gasser of Owensboro, KY and her brother Charles Robert Derstler of Cameron, MO, a step-daughter Karen McBee and step-son David Frazer of Stet, MO; a granddaughter Angela Shantz Young of Steamboat Springs, CO and a grandson Derek William Shantz of Kitchener; step-grandchildren Amanda (McBee) Chinn, Shawn and Travis McBee and Jennifer, Jason, and David Brett Frazer. Great-grandchildren are Kaleb, and Kasen Young of Steamboat Springs, CO, Ryder Shantz of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and Austin Chinn of San Angelo, TX. A step-granddaughter, Julie Frazer of Stet, MO and Helen's sister, Lucille Barnhardt of Independence, MO preceded her in death.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the memorial service date has been changed to Friday, March 19, at 11:00 a.m. at the Thurman Funeral Home, Richmond, MO. We regret any inconvenience to family and friends the date change may have caused. A private burial will take place in Richmond Memory Gardens, Richmond, MO. For those wishing to remember Helen, the family suggests a memorial contribution to the Hardin Baptist Church where Helen was a member for many years.
We dearly miss the sister/mother/grandmother who loved us so much and filled our hearts with such laughter. Mother loved to dance and when she was still able, would dance until exhausted. Wishing you wonderful dances in heaven with your loved ones. We love you bunches and bunches!