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Helen Proffitt Obituary

Mrs. Helen R. Proffitt was born February 16, 1915, in Thompson Village, Trout Creek, NY to Olive and Silas Fitch. She died May 18, 2018, in Milton, FL at the age of 103 years. Mrs. Proffitt was a wife, mother, homemaker and loved baking for the community she lived in. She moved to Holley, FL in 1970 from Sebring, FL. Mrs. Proffitt was a member of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Navarre as well as the Navarre Home Maker's Club, and the St. Augustine's Altar Guild.

Mrs. Proffitt is survived by her sons: Charles Proffitt, Richard Proffitt and John Proffitt, 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold Proffitt, her son Harold Proffitt, daughter Carol Tolbert, brothers Dewey Fitch, Silas Fitch and Clarence Fitch and her sister Mabel Fitch.

A graveside service for Mrs. Proffitt will be held at 10:30 AM Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Serenity Gardens Cemetery in Milton, FL under the direction of Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Santa Rosa Press Gazette from Jun. 4 to Jul. 3, 2018.

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