Helene Brown Bakewell

Bakewell, Helene Brown Helene 'Sis' Bakewell died March 15, 2008 at the age of 93. Born August 6, 1914 to Alanson and May Stegall Brown. She was one of the first female real estate agents in the St. Louis area and had a long, successful and happy career with the former office of Margaret Caradine Wright. After she retired, bridge became her passion, followed closely by the love and support she gave her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Claude I. Bakewell, former Postmaster of St. Louis, her daughter Helene, former Veiled Prophet Queen and her son, Claude. She was the beloved sister of Elbert S. Brown and the beloved aunt of May Brown Reay, Vallan Brown Corbett and Martha Eugenie Brown, Jane Brown McNeil, Barbara Brown Horton, Buster Brown, James Brown and Alanson Brown Stevens, Betsy Brown McKellip, Thomas Bakewell, Paul Bakewell and John Rudolph Bakewell.Services: A Funeral Service will be held at St. George's Chapel in the Episcopal Church of St. Michael and St. George on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 11 a.m. Following the service the family will receive friends in the Great Hall where a luncheon will be served. Interment Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Rainbow Village, 1240 Dautel Ln., St. Louis, MO 63146. A service of the LUPTON CHAPEL.