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DATE: FRIDAY, February 25, 1994                   TAG: 9402250287
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT HELMS, GILBERT COMELIUS

HELMS, Gilbert Comelius, 84, of Radford, died Thursday, February 24, 1994 at Radford community Hospital. He was born August 26, 1909 to the late Charles Helms and Cornelia Reuter Helms. Mr. Helms was a retired tree surgeon. He is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Judith Helms Claassen and Ben Claassen Jr. of New Orleans; three grandchildren, Emily Claassen, Ben Claassen III and Jonathan Gilbert Claassen, all of New Orleans. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, February 26, 1994 from the Grove United Methodist Church with the Rev. Clarence Dishman officiating. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton, W. Va. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the DeVilbiss Funeral Home in Radford. 


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