Hales & Winans Family Obituaries
Hales, Helen M.
Saturday, January 15, 1927
Died.
Hales-- Mrs. Helen M., 52 A former resident of St. Joseph, MO, died at 5:30 o'clock
Friday morning at a Kansas City hospital. Mrs. Hales was a graduate nurse, was a
daughter of Mrs. Isabel Hales, 2602 Monterey St. She was born at Perrin, Mo and came to
St. Joseph when she was a girl. She went to California to take nurse training, graduating
in the class of 1907 from the Orthopedic Hospital in Los Angeles. She was married to
Malcom Throckmorton in 1908. Besides her mother , she leaves a son, Harry Morton Hales:
Five sisters, Misses Rose and Lorena Hales; registered nurses; Miss Pearl Hales, St.
Joseph; Mrs. Leone Smith, Denver, Colo. and Mrs. Fannie Goodwin, Savannah, MO. a brother,
Will Hales, St. Joseph. The body was brought to St. Joseph and taken to the mother's home,
where funeral service will be conducted at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. C.M.
Chilton, pastor of First Christian Church, will officiate. The body will be taken to
Perrin for burial. Further information call H.O. Sidenfaden Funeral Home.
Second notice about Mrs. Helen Hales
Obituary
Mrs. Helen M. Hales, born July 6, 1874, Perrin, Clinton county, MO. died Jan. 14, 1927,
5:30 am. at a Kansas City hospital.
She was the daughter of the late William Hales and Isabel Bogart Hales, who survive her.
In 1908 she was married to Malcolm Throck Morton. To this union was born a son, Harry
Morton.
She attended the Platte Center school, and finished at the State Normal,
and taught several terms in the Clinton county school. Later she removed to St. Joseph and
following year she attended the Central Medical college. Soon afterward she went to
California, entering a school of nursing graduating with the class of 1907 from the
Orthopedic hospital of Los Angeles. She had nursed in California, Wyoming, Colorado,
Arizona, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
The last fourteen years she had nursed in the vicinity of St. Joseph and Kansas City.
During these years she was connected with the Board of Public Health. At the time of the
late World War she was active in the Home Defense Work. She was a member of the American
Red Cross of District No. 1, St. Joseph, MO., State Nurses Assn., and of the National
Organization of Nurses. She was very conscientious in all the smaller details of her work,
and intensely interested in the betterment and improvement of her profession.
Always she saw the best in humanity, often quoting these lines----
"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it
ill behooves any of us to speak any ill of of the rest of us." She was companion and
comrade to her son, often going on hikes and picnics enjoying the great outdoors. Her
letters to her son were received as a treat, as they contained clean, humorous clippings,
cartoons and worth while verses. In her last letter to her son, she finished with these
lines: "laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone, for this sad
old world with all its mirth, has troubles enough of its own."
The funeral services were held at the family home 2603 Montery St. St. Joseph, MO. Rev. C.
M. Chilton officiating. He paid a very fitting tribute to the nursing profession and spoke
of the regard in which she as held by her many friends and patients. The Shrine
quartet sang, "Lead Thou Me On." and "Nearer My God to Thee," The
remains were taken to Perrin for burial.
The acting pall bearers were; Mr. John G. Hales, Mr. Dennis Hales, Mr. Jim Flood, Mr.
Ernest Shoemaker, Mr. Leo Golden, of Perrin, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reutter and Mr. John Halter of
St. Joseph Mo.
Rev. Chilton held a brief service at the grave.
Mr. H.O. Sidenfaden and Mr. Tracy Berry, who were in charge, were thoughtful enough to
open the casket so old friends and neighbors could view the remains.
She is survived by her son, Harry Morton Hales, her mother Mrs. Isabel Hales, five sisters
and one brother: Miss Rose Hales R.N.; Miss Lorena Hales R.N., St. Joseph Mo.; Mrs. Leone
Smith, Denver, Colo., Will A. Hales, of St. Joseph, Mrs. Annie Goodwin, Savannah, Mo. and
Miss Pearl Hales of St. Joseph also four nephews: Henry C. Hales, St. Joseph Jas. Ira
Goodwin, Savannah, Mo.; Jack Richard Goodwin, Savannah, Mo.; Two nieces: Mary Belle Hales
and Mary Juanita Hales; and a cousin, Charles Henry Hales.
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