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Helen Edna Brandenburger

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Helen Edna Brandenburger, age 92, of Springdale, died June 19, 2015 at the Earlene Howard Circle of Life Hospice House in Springdale. She was born June 14, 1923 in Freeport Long Island, N.Y., the daughter of William and Isabella Magill Ryder. She worked at Grimnin Aircraft Factory in New York as Rosie The Rivereter in 1943 and 1944 and as a secretary for the University of Arkansas for 21 years. She loved to travel and rode horses in her younger years. She was an avid bowler and met her husband at the bowling alley. Mrs. Brandenburger is survived by her husband of 52 years, Marvin Brandenburger, of the home; one son, Tracy Brandenburger and his wife, Cheryl of Mission Viejo, Calif.; four daughters: Christy Venn and her husband, Daniel of Walnut Grove, Ala.; Sandra Anglin and her husband, Kent, of Lowell, Ark.; Susan White and her husband, Mick, of Mereno Valley, Calif.; and Carrie Gilzean and her husband, Larry of El Dorado, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Dane Anglin officiating. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to www.memfuneral.com.

Published June 22, 2015

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