Helen was born in Hugo, Oklahoma. At the age of 18 she married her love, Billy Brooks on December 6, 1946 in Peoria, Arizona. Together they had 4 children. They now reside in Turner Oregon. Helen will be greatly missed by her husband Billy Brooks; daughters, Joyce Brooks Meier, Vicki Brooks Bateman and Dawna Brooks Polachek; son Richard Brooks; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be held Sunday, September 18 from 3 - 5 pm at Howell-Edwards-Doerksen Funeral Home in Salem, Oregon. Helen will be interred in her favorite desert home in El Mirage, Arizona at Sunwest Cemetery on Wednesday, September 21 at 1:00 pm.
