Helen Illene Springer, 71, of Newton passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton under the care of Skiff Hospice.

A funeral service for Helen will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton. The family will greet friends Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pence–Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be in Palo Alto Cemetery. Memorials are being designated in Helen’s name to St. Luke United Methodist Church and may be left at the church or funeral home.

Helen, the daughter of Theodore Louis Weyers and Emma Mae (Bell) Weyers, was born Dec. 16, 1940, in Newton. A lifelong resident of the Newton area, she graduated from the Newton Senior High, Class of 1959.