This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GAN, PORTER, DOBSON, BURKETT, WINKLEMAN, BRICKMONT, KAEHLER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1655 Message Board Post: GAN, Helen D. Delton Helen D. Gan, age 79, died Thursday, August 25, 2005. She was born September 8, 1925 in Zelienople, PA, the daughter of Clarence and Martha (Porter) Dobson. Helen moved to Detroit in 1943. In 1949 she married her husband Raymond Gan. The couple moved to Delton in 1993 and have lived there ever since. She was a very active member of St. Timothy Episcopal Church in Richland. Learn more about Helen, view her life story film and visit with her family and friends Sunday from 1:00 p.m until her the time of her funeral services at 2:30 p.m. at St. Timothy Episcopal Church in Richland. Members of Helen's family include her husband, Raymond; her children, Richard (Clare) Gan of Harrisburg, PA, Linda (Dale) Burkett of Dexter, Marcia Gan of Plainwell, Raylene Winkleman of Ida, Chris (Melanie) Gan of Delton; 11 grandchildren; a brother, Alton (Peggy) Dobson of New Middletown, OH; and a half-sister, Jean Brickmont. She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Dobson; and a half-sister! , Ruth Kaehler. Please visit Helen's memory page at www.lifestorynet.com where you can read her life story, archive a favorite memory, order flowers or make a memorial donation to St. Timothy Episcopal Church. Arrangements by RDMG Life Story Funeral Home Plainwell Chapel. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 8/27/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)