Helen Louise Wharton
Graveside services for Helen Louise Wharton, 87 of Vernon, who died on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Vernon, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. Hilda Cavazos.
Wharton was born Saturday, June 23, 1928. She married Tommy R. Wharton in 1974 in Vernon. He preceded her in death on Sept. 15, 2004. She retired from Vernon State Hospital Adolescent Unit. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, JoAnn Dorris, and three brothers.
Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at Sullivan Funeral Home.
Memorials can be made to Faith United Methodist Church.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.sullivanfuneralhomevernon.com.
This is maybe simply a “small world” coincidence of names, but I believe my mother’s given name also was Helen Louise Wharton. Subject to check, I believe Mom was born in Illinois in 1917. After Mom’s passing, my dad remarried and our family later moved to Seymour, Indiana, where I graduated from Seymour High School in 1972, not so far from Vernon, Indiana.
It’s a small world!!
Dave Kearney
Richmond, Virginia