Helen A. Oberton

Helen A. Oberton, 93 year old resident of Little Falls, MN, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2025, at Highland Senior Living in Little Falls. A funeral service will be held Monday, April 14, 2025, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Cushing, MN, at 11:00 A.M., with Pastor Carl Larson officiating. Visitation will be an hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place at the Randall City Cemetery. Caring for Helen and her family is the LeMieur Funeral Home in Little Falls. Helen Arlene Oberton (Jones) was born on November 30, 1931, in Darling Township to the late Dewey and Edith (McGuire) Jones. She was the second child of three born to the couple. Raised in and around Randall and Little Falls she attended country schools and graduated from Little Falls High School in 1949. That same year she married her high school sweetheart, Russell. The couple was separated for a time while Russell served overseas in the U.S. Army. It was during that time Helen attended and graduated from the new Model College of Hair Design in its first class. It was then on to the West Coast and Seattle where Helen gave birth to her four children; Gary, Scott, Willard, and Sherry. From there Russell was transferred to California and finally moved back to the family farm near Randall where Helen was instrumental in its success wearing many hats and playing many roles. She also worked at Munsingwear, and the Lutheran Senior Citizens Home. Helen and Russell loved the western U.S. and loved to travel there. Each winter they would travel to different locations in Arizona and eventually bought and maintained a home there for half the year. Helen was a woman of many talents: cooking, pie making, sewing, card playing, hair cutting and perming, building, and even electrical work. She picked things up quickly and was extremely competent. Many of these skills she loved to pass on. In her most recent years, she lived at Highland Senior Living where her favorite activity was visiting. She formed friendships wherever she went and Highland was no exception. She loved helping people and that love was returned tenfold. Her family was her surest treasure and one that was cultivated and nourished. We learned many things from this wonderful woman, the greatest being Love. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Gary (Susan), Willard (Shirley), and Sherry; her grandchildren include: Will, James, Rebecca, Erin, Kate, Gina, Ben, and Raquel; great-grandchildren include: Michael, Alexander, Elliott, Emily, Isabella, Theodore, Augustus, Jack, Harrison, Evan, Hendrix, Charlie, Joey, and Rigby. Those who preceded her in death are her husband, Russell; son, Scott; brother, Harold Jones; sister, Irene Holz.

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Helen A. Oberton

November 30, 1931 - March 27, 2025