Helen Ferry

Helen Ferry, 93, formerly of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., and Suttons Bay, Mich., and Bella Vista, Ark., died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Sept. 23, 1918, in Milburn, Ill. Helen, a registered nurse, graduated from St. Therese School of Nursing in Waukegan, Ill. She practiced nursing at Bon Secours Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Mich., until she retired in 1975. She and her husband, William, moved to Gravette, Ark., and then to Bella Vista, Ark. She and her husband were active in the square-dance and round-dance community. She was a volunteer for Helping Hands in Bentonville and the Gravette Library. She was preceded in death by her parents; six siblings; her husband, William; and her son, William Brain Ferry. Survivors are her daughters, Dawneane K. Munn of Lincoln, Neb., and Deborah Robbins of Princeton, N.J.; grandsons, Andrew Suddith, Matthew Robbins, William Brian Ferry Jr., R. Todd Ferry, Scott Ferry; and two great-grandchildren. A celebration of her life will be held in the Fellowship Hall at the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista on Saturday, Sept. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, remembrances be given to the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista.