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Helen Witter Obituary
Helen Kay (Solomon) Witter, age 80 of Lombard, Illinois, passed away suddenly on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Kay was born November 9, 1944, in Big Mound Township, Wayne County, to parents, Leo and Opal Solomon. She graduated from Wayne City High School in 1962 and married her classmate, Charles Witter, in February 1963.
Kay graduated Salutatorian of her high school class and was active in drama club and yearbook. After graduation, Kay moved to Chicago and worked as a business secretary until 1963 and then focused on raising her family in Villa Park and Lombard, Illinois.
Kay is survived by her husband of 61 years, Charles Witter; her son, Charles (Vivian) and her daughters, Melodie (Ed), Joanne and Christina. Kay adored her seven grandchildren, Christopher (Jamie), Chloe, Ashley (Evan), Alyssa (Goran), Eric (Katie), Dylan (Kiara), Delaney, Maddy and Zoey; along with eight great-grandchildren, Liam, Avery, Bristol, Aleca, Declan, Wilder, Bailey, Phoebe. Her surviving siblings include Larry Solomon, Dee Brown and Donna Woolever.
Kay is preceded in death by her parents, Leo and Opal Solomon; brothers, Bob, Gene, Leon, Verdel and her sister, Phyllis.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Boone Funeral Home East Chapel - A Family Tradition Funeral Home, 5330 Washington Avenue, with Reverend Steven Clayton officiating. Burial will be in Thomason Cemetery Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois, following the services.
Friends may visit from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 25, 2025, at Boone Funeral Home East Chapel, prior to the following Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m.
A Live Stream will be available beginning twenty minutes prior to the service time. Please visit www.boonefuneralhome.net, select your loved one's obituary, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click Live Stream.
Boone Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Helen Kay Witter. Condolences may be made to the family online at boonefuneralhome.net.
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Annette Fischer
January 23, 2025
God bless you Helen. We are praying for your family.
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