Helen Eileen Gratzl

Helen (Eileen) Gratzl, 94, of Bella Vista, Arkansas died Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Highlands Health and Rehabilitation, Bella Vista, Arkansas. Born July 25, 1924 in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, she was the daughter of Richard and Irene Schuyler. She married Joseph Carl Gratzl in 1941 and they farmed near Greeley, Colorado until buying a ranch near Siloam Springs in 1965, retiring to Bella Vista in 1979. Eileen was a devout Christian as well as an accomplished seamstress, artist and musician. She was involved in Home Demonstration Clubs, 4-H Leadership, community clubs and many church ministries. Helen and her late husband were also active in Gideons International. For many years Eileen played the piano at Concordia Nursing Home's Wednesday devotions. Besides Eileen's family and church, her favorite things included entertaining, playing table games with her friends, traveling and listening to gospel music. She was known as a sweet, kind and energetic woman who will be missed by her family and community. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband who died in 2001 after 60 years of marriage. Survivors include three children, Joe and wife, Donna of Bella Vista, Annetta Elgie and husband, Tom of Siloam Springs, Arkansas and Barbara Henderson and husband Jim of Siloam Springs; seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Lyle and wife, Jean of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Lowell and wife, Ellen of Brighton, Colorado. Memorial services will be held at Village Bible Church, 1591 Forest Hills Blvd, Bella Vista, Arkansas, Monday, September 10th at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gideons International, Village Bible Church or Sager Creek Community Church in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Arrangements are provided by Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. On-line condolences may be made at www.funeralmation.com.