HELEN B. DODD

COBDEN, Ill. -- Helen B. Dodd, 88, of Cobden, Ill., died Friday, July 18, 1997, at the City Care Center in Cobden.

She was born Aug. 24, 1908, daughter of Florence and Alice Axley Brown in Union County, Ill. She and Paul Dodd were married in 1926 in Granite City, Ill. He survives.

Dodd was employed by the Douglas Aircraft in California and by International Shoe Company in Anna, Ill. She was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Francis Dodd of Alto Pass and Gordon Dodd of Dongola; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother Dennis Brown of Jonesboro; three sisters, Martha Stone of Ava, Cecil Hammon of Jonesboro, and Alice West of Anna.

A son and a grandson preceded her in death.

Friends may call from 5 - 8 p.m. Sunday at the Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of the funeral home. Burial will be in the Jonesboro Cemetery.