Helen Stracener's Obituary
Helen Stracener, 81, entered peacefully into rest on Friday, July 16, 2021 in DeRidder, Louisiana. Helen was born on July 25, 1939 in DeRidder, LA to Ray Dykman and Ruby Alston Dykman.
Visitation will be on Monday, July 19, 2021, from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM, at Temple Baptist Church located at 122 Martin Luther King Drive, DeRidder, LA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 20, 2021, visitation will start at 1:00 PM and service will begin at 2:00 PM, at the church with Rev. Jason Fortenberry, Pastor of River Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Foshee Cemetery in Merryville, Louisiana.
Helen enjoyed sewing, cooking, making jelly, doing puzzles, reading. She loved spending time with her family and taking care of her grandbabies.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Karen Kauffman and husband Steve of Merryville, LA, Katie Knox and husband Johnnie of DeRidder, LA, Kristie Nolen and husband Curtis of Pitkin, LA, Cherylene Cook of DeQuincy, LA; step-daughters, Darlene Stracener and husband Bill of DeRidder, LA, Ann Maricle and husband Milburn of Pitkin, LA; brothers, Ralph Dykman and wife Beulah of DeRidder, LA, Samual Miller of Mamou, LA; sister Addie Ortiz of Rosepine, LA; eleven grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by her parents, Ray Dykman and Ruby Alston Dykman; husband, David Stracener; first husband, Curtis Gill; and son, Kenneth Randall Gill.
Those honored to serve as pallbearer are Steve Kauffman, Curtis Nolen, Joshua Kauffman, Alex Knox, Curt Nolen, and Chris Stracener.
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