Helen Rae Harrison Lero

Visitation will be held Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The funeral services will be held Friday, December 23rd, 2016 at Memorial Funeral Chapel at 10:30 a.m. officiated by John Maurer with burial services following at Restever Memorial Park Cemetery.

Born January 22, 1926 to Isaac Brown and Nora A. (Holliday) Harrison in Tabor, Texas. She spent most of her childhood in Tabor where she always talked about some of her fondest memories. She graduated 1944 from Stephen F. Austin High School where she was active in her school and on the volleyball team. Following school, she moved from Tabor to Bryan, Texas with her parents and joined College Avenue Baptist Church later to become Central Baptist Church where she has been a lifelong member. She began working as a telephone switchboard operator at the old Bryan Airforce Base in August of 1944. While working at the telephone company she met the love of her life, Joe Charles Lero of Bryan, Texas and was married on July 23, 1949. They were blessed with four children, Charles Ray Lero, William Joe Lero, Terry James Lero and Gaylan Douglas Lero. She enjoyed being active in her children’s lives as a Cub Scout Den Mother and working with the PTA at Bowie and Fannin schools. She was an active member of Central Baptist Church teaching 3rd grade Sunday School for 25 years. Later she participated in Central Baptist’s Widow’s Hope Group and also in the Upper Crust at First Presbyterian Church, Bryan, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Joe Charles Lero. Her parents Isaac Brown and Nora Harrison; sisters Avis Loraine Chaffin, Mattie O’Neal Smith; and brother Isaac Brown “Sonnie” Harrison.

Survivors are her sisters, Lila Mae Wayne and Mary Ellen Wine, and brother Roland Harrison; and her children Charles Lero and Joe Incorvati, William Lero and wife Peggy Lero, Terry Lero, Gaylan Lero and wife Lori Lero; and her grandchildren Audrey Lero, Grant Lero and fiancé Emily Smith, Graham Lero and Peyton Lero; and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank everyone at CHI St. Joseph’s Hospital and Crestview Retirement Community for the outstanding level of care and compassion provided to our beloved Helen over the last year.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Central Baptist Church children’s building fund in College Station, Texas.