Helen Blount

LACONA — Helen L. Blount, age 85, of Lacona, died Nov. 16, 2009, at her home. Born March 27, 1924, in the town of Sandy Creek. Daughter of Earl and Edna Tanner Salisbury. Educated in Sandy Creek School. Married May 15, 1941, to T. Richard Blount at Richland. Mr. Blount died April 2, 2005.

Survived by two daughters and their husbands, Bonita and David Rubenstein of Mt. Tremper, and Diane and James Casey of Sandy Creek; six sons and four daughters-in-law Leslie and Laurette of Orwell, Jerrold and Michele of Jacksonville, Fla., Raymond and Kathleen of Watsonville, Ca., Daniel and his companion Shelia Cobb, Lacona, John of Lacona, James and Cheryl of Lacona, 17 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, two brothers, Kenneth Salisbury of Lacona and William "Bill" Salisbury of Jasper, Fla., several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by two sisters Arlene Kendell and Margaret Sprague, five brothers Walter, Roy, David, Hollis and Harold and an infant son Wayne Leland Blount.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek, with the Rev. Brian Snyder officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.