Services are private for Helen Smith Andersen of Bull Shoals, Arkansas.
Helen passed away September 22, 2017, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 87. She was born November 16, 1929, in Penn Yan, New York, the daughter of Elwood Jay Smith and Minnie Mae Payne. She married Robert Andersen on August 11, 1951, in Penn Yan, New York. Helen enjoyed being a military wife and the travel and various duty stations of military life. She loved traveling around the United States in their RV after retirement and was a devoted fan of Lawrence Welk.
Helen is survived by her daughter, Bonnie Sumner and husband Steve Ross of Bull Shoals, AR; son, David Andersen and wife Kaoru Hoshino of Gaithersburg, MD; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services-Bull Shoals. Visit an online obituary and guestbook at
www.kirbyandfamily.com
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