Helen L. Stark-Wilson July 25, 1928 - December 31, 2003

      Helen Lucille Stark-Wilson, 75, of Keokuk, died at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at Donnellson Health Center in Donnellson.

      The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 5 in Sunset Memorial Park in Keokuk, with Brother Bill Hauser officiating. The funeral procession will leave DeJong's Funeral Home in Keokuk for the park at 9:45 a.m. Following the service, family and friends will gather at the home of her daughter, Dee Rippenkroeger. A memorial has been established.

Survivors include two daughters, Dee Rippenkroeger of Keokuk, and Karen Reinig of Mt. Pleasant; a son, Sonny Wilson of Cedar Rapids; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Edith Land of Muscatine.

      She was preceded in death by her parents and several brothers and sisters.