Helen Mirick

July 31, 1937 - January 15, 2020

Helen Mirick, 82, of Clarksville, MO, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in Clarksville, MO. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Collier Funeral Home in Louisiana, MO. Mr. Dave Meers will officiate. Visitation will be from 10:00 A.M. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home. Helen was born in rural Clarksville on July 31, 1937 to Dola Henry and Laura Elizabeth Windmiller. She lived around this area, mostly in Clarksville, throughout her school years. She attended school in Clarksville, Paynesville and graduated from Clopton High School in 1955 as Valedictorian of her class. Helen attended college at Northeast Missouri State College (Truman) for one year. Over summer break, Helen had traveled to Buckeye, Arizona to help an aunt who was recovering from surgery. She met her future husband, Don Mirick, there in a little diner. Don and Helen were married three months later at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia on September 1, 1956. They shared 62 years of marriage and raised two children together, Donnie G. Mirick II and Laura Jane Mirick. For twenty-two years, Helen embraced the lifestyle of being a military wife. She made friends easily and found a new church home wherever they moved. To this day, she still received Christmas cards from friends she had made during Don’s Air Force career. When he retired from the Air Force in 1973 after 22 years of service, they chose to reside in Helen’s hometown of Clarksville. Helen worked at Clifford Banking Company for several years, both in Clarksville and in Eolia. She was active in the community, participating in several clubs and always willing to support local events and fundraising events. Helen quit working when her granddaughter, Jessica, was two. From then on, she devoted her life to caring for her grandchildren, and later on in life, for her great-grandchildren. Several months ago, Helen offered to watch her youngest great-grandson, who was two at the time. She was selfless and generous, always putting the needs of her family before her own, up until the very end of her life. She was very active in church, WMU, and other church activities. Helen loved Jesus with all her heart and is remembered fondly for her genuine love and kindness that she had for everyone she met. She loved being “Mom” or “Grandma” to so many who loved her. One of those people (Jay Taylor) who affectionately called Helen “Mom” sent flowers to her on Mother’s Day for 26 years, every year after her son died. Helen was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church and previously Ramsey Creek Baptist Church, where the love and caring nature of her church family meant the world to her. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Don G. Mirick, son, Donnie G. Mirick II, and grandson, Michael Ryan Robinson. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Robinson (Davey) of Clarksville, MO; granddaughter, Jessica Spoonster (Bobby) of Eolia, MO; grandson, Davey Robinson (Danielle) of Bowling Green, MO; and seven great grandchildren, Tinleigh, Charleigh, Trey, Paisleigh and Tate Spoonster of Eolia, MO, and Liam and Owen Robinson of Bowling Green, MO. She is also survived by her sister, Linda Blakey (Bill) of Clarksville, MO, and niece, Stacey Meers (Dave) and family of St. Peters, MO. Memorials may be made to Edgewood Baptist Church, Pike County Health & Hospice, Greenwood Cemetery in Clarksville, MO or the Clopton Alumni Scholarship Fund.