Helen Klein Meillier, whose maiden name was Helen Ragland, was born January 13, 1923 in West Frankfort, Illinois died Thursday, Sept. 18 at Oak Hill Terrace in Waterloo, IL. Helen was preceded in death by her first husband of 52 years, Rudolph A. Klein, and her second husband Harold Meillier, her son Rudy B. Klein, and her niece Victoria Louise Sawalich, and her parents Bert Ragland and Ada Parker. Surviving are her sister Janis (Mick Sawalich), her 2 nephews Steve and Michael Sawalich and their families.; her step daughter Noreen (Bill) Reeves and their daughter Trish (Tim) Riordan and their families. There will be no visitation due to her wishes and burial will be in Maeystown St. Johns Cemetery in Waterloo following cremation. Published in Daily American News from Sept. 22 to Sept. 23, 2014