Helen was the first child born to Clyde Vernon Buckingham and Osa Ola Kirby Buckingham.
In 1916 her father, a young miner of only 20 years old, and his wife's brothers were working a small mine west of Joplin on West 7th street, when he accidently fell down a mine shaft he was climbing out of. The fall was due to a faulty ladder with broken rungs. The fall proved deadly to young Clyde. He was transported to St. John's Hospital where he later died of serious head injuries.
Helen's mother was pregnant at the time with Helen's sister, Verna Jeanne. After losing her husband Clyde, Osa, Helen's mother remarried A. L. 'Dolph' Douglas of Joplin. Dolph and Osa went on to have 3 more daughters that are half sisters to Helen and Jeanne. They were;
Lorine Louise Douglas Wallace
Norma Faye Douglas Reeves
Mary Lou Douglas Fenske
and Dolph raised all 5 girls as one family
After getting married on March 9, 1933, Helen and Vince lived on a farm south of Joplin in the Hornet, Missouri community. They raised all of their children there.
A son; Tim Sowersby
and
three daughters;
Carolyn Sowersby Ballard
Dixie Sowersby Carver
Linda Sowersby Davis
Her husband Vince had worked for Interstate Grocers for 25 years and when he retired, together they opened, owned and operated a popular business that many friends stopped at to visit and share a cup of coffee and a bit of local happenings. It was known as the H&V Trading Post on south 43 Highway between Joplin and Seneca and was open for over 10 years, until Vince's death in 1992.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home in Seneca, Missouri.
Burial was in Saginaw Cemetery next to her husband Vince.
In 1916 her father, a young miner of only 20 years old, and his wife's brothers were working a small mine west of Joplin on West 7th street, when he accidently fell down a mine shaft he was climbing out of. The fall was due to a faulty ladder with broken rungs. The fall proved deadly to young Clyde. He was transported to St. John's Hospital where he later died of serious head injuries.
Helen's mother was pregnant at the time with Helen's sister, Verna Jeanne. After losing her husband Clyde, Osa, Helen's mother remarried A. L. 'Dolph' Douglas of Joplin. Dolph and Osa went on to have 3 more daughters that are half sisters to Helen and Jeanne. They were;
Lorine Louise Douglas Wallace
Norma Faye Douglas Reeves
Mary Lou Douglas Fenske
and Dolph raised all 5 girls as one family
After getting married on March 9, 1933, Helen and Vince lived on a farm south of Joplin in the Hornet, Missouri community. They raised all of their children there.
A son; Tim Sowersby
and
three daughters;
Carolyn Sowersby Ballard
Dixie Sowersby Carver
Linda Sowersby Davis
Her husband Vince had worked for Interstate Grocers for 25 years and when he retired, together they opened, owned and operated a popular business that many friends stopped at to visit and share a cup of coffee and a bit of local happenings. It was known as the H&V Trading Post on south 43 Highway between Joplin and Seneca and was open for over 10 years, until Vince's death in 1992.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home in Seneca, Missouri.
Burial was in Saginaw Cemetery next to her husband Vince.
Helen was the first child born to Clyde Vernon Buckingham and Osa Ola Kirby Buckingham.
In 1916 her father, a young miner of only 20 years old, and his wife's brothers were working a small mine west of Joplin on West 7th street, when he accidently fell down a mine shaft he was climbing out of. The fall was due to a faulty ladder with broken rungs. The fall proved deadly to young Clyde. He was transported to St. John's Hospital where he later died of serious head injuries.
Helen's mother was pregnant at the time with Helen's sister, Verna Jeanne. After losing her husband Clyde, Osa, Helen's mother remarried A. L. 'Dolph' Douglas of Joplin. Dolph and Osa went on to have 3 more daughters that are half sisters to Helen and Jeanne. They were;
Lorine Louise Douglas Wallace
Norma Faye Douglas Reeves
Mary Lou Douglas Fenske
and Dolph raised all 5 girls as one family
After getting married on March 9, 1933, Helen and Vince lived on a farm south of Joplin in the Hornet, Missouri community. They raised all of their children there.
A son; Tim Sowersby
and
three daughters;
Carolyn Sowersby Ballard
Dixie Sowersby Carver
Linda Sowersby Davis
Her husband Vince had worked for Interstate Grocers for 25 years and when he retired, together they opened, owned and operated a popular business that many friends stopped at to visit and share a cup of coffee and a bit of local happenings. It was known as the H&V Trading Post on south 43 Highway between Joplin and Seneca and was open for over 10 years, until Vince's death in 1992.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home in Seneca, Missouri.
Burial was in Saginaw Cemetery next to her husband Vince.
In 1916 her father, a young miner of only 20 years old, and his wife's brothers were working a small mine west of Joplin on West 7th street, when he accidently fell down a mine shaft he was climbing out of. The fall was due to a faulty ladder with broken rungs. The fall proved deadly to young Clyde. He was transported to St. John's Hospital where he later died of serious head injuries.
Helen's mother was pregnant at the time with Helen's sister, Verna Jeanne. After losing her husband Clyde, Osa, Helen's mother remarried A. L. 'Dolph' Douglas of Joplin. Dolph and Osa went on to have 3 more daughters that are half sisters to Helen and Jeanne. They were;
Lorine Louise Douglas Wallace
Norma Faye Douglas Reeves
Mary Lou Douglas Fenske
and Dolph raised all 5 girls as one family
After getting married on March 9, 1933, Helen and Vince lived on a farm south of Joplin in the Hornet, Missouri community. They raised all of their children there.
A son; Tim Sowersby
and
three daughters;
Carolyn Sowersby Ballard
Dixie Sowersby Carver
Linda Sowersby Davis
Her husband Vince had worked for Interstate Grocers for 25 years and when he retired, together they opened, owned and operated a popular business that many friends stopped at to visit and share a cup of coffee and a bit of local happenings. It was known as the H&V Trading Post on south 43 Highway between Joplin and Seneca and was open for over 10 years, until Vince's death in 1992.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home in Seneca, Missouri.
Burial was in Saginaw Cemetery next to her husband Vince.
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