Helen Ruth Edge

Helen Ruth Edge, cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend went to meet the great Creator on December 16,2024. She is preceded in death by her husband William Cowan Edge. She is survived by her three daughters. Sandra Balacek, her husband Kenneth, Barbara Word, her husband Dean, Lee Thomas, her husband Craig, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren.

Helen was born in Lake Mills, WI on July 28, 1925. While waiting to be accepted into the St. Joseph's School of Nursing, she met her husband to be. She always said she married a uniform. Most of her adult years were spent raising her three daughters. Helen spent many years as a Red Cross Gray Lady, a Girl Scout leader, a Sunday School teacher, and a Meals on Wheels volunteer. She went to work in her fifties for the University of Texas in the Housing and Food Department. She always loved her job as well as the people she worked with. She received two awards while working for the University. She was a member of the Tarrytown United Methodist Church of Austin for 58 years.

Helen had a wonderful sense of humor and loved everyone. She loved traveling, the theater, swimming, cooking, and spending time with her family and friends.

There will be private family service held at Fort Sam Houston.

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