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Helen LaSala Colwell

Memorials may be made to the Glenwood Public Library.

INTERMENT: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Raytown, Missouri

Helen LaSala Colwell, 95 of Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly of Glenwood, entered into eternal rest on February 8, 2007 at Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs. She was born May 25, 1911 in Speermore, Oklahoma to George & Flossie (Cooper) Duffy.

Helen lived in rural Mills County where she graduated from Bartlett High School in 1928. She married Sam Lasala in 1934, in Kansas City, MO, where they resided and owned LaSala’s Grocery until Sam’s death in 1957. Helen returned to Glenwood and married Burt Colwell. She loved gardens and growing roses. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant daughter, two sister, Leota and Agnes Duffy; two brothers Harry and Earl Duffy, and her husband Sam LaSala. She is survived by her son Joseph LaSala of Mineola, IA and granddaughter Heidi LaSala of Omaha, NE.

Visitation:Sunday, February 11, 2007
7:00 PM
212 South Locust
Glenwood, IA51534

Service:Monday, February 12, 2007
10:00 AM
212 South Locust
Glenwood, IA51534

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