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Graveside services for Helen Lafan McMinn, 90, of Sherman were held Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Cindy Griffin officiating. She passed away at Sherman Healthcare Center in Sherman on May 15, 2016. Arrangements were under the direction of Meador Funeral Home, Whitesboro.
She was born to Jackson Samuel Rowe and Ollie May Hall Rowe on April 14, 1926 in Empire, Oklahoma. She married George McMinn on November 3, 1945 in Sherman. Helen worked for Pool Manufacturing Co., Whopper Stopper, and retired from the Sherman Historical Museum. She was a member of Friendship United Methodist Church of Sherman and the Order of the Eastern Star #183.
Helen is survived by daughter, Martha Roach of Jonesborough, Tennessee; grandson, Terry Roach and wife, Katie, of Turnwater, Washington; granddaughter, Rebecca Deines of New York; daughter-in-law, Sharron McMinn of Missouri; step-grandsons, Derrick, Scott, and Quint Langly; nieces, Debra McMinn of Pilot Point and Kit Short of Georgia; nephew, Jackson and Mary Rowe of PIpe Creek, Texas; and cousin, Linda Ruebeck of Sherman.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Barry George McMinn; brothers, S.E. and Prentice Rowe.