Ekberg, Helen I.

of Miami died Sep 2, 2003, at a Joplin Missouri hospital. She was 79. Note: This newspaper page is incorrectly dated as Aug 2, 2003.

born Aug 24, 1924, in Cleora Okla to George Ekberg and Anna Gillenwater Ekberg. Returned to Miami in 1972. She was a Korean War and Vietnam War veteran, where she was discharged as a major in 1972. She entered the Army Nursing Corp as a Second Lieutenant in 1951. Her overseas tours were in Germany, Japan and Hawaii. Burial in Ketchum Okla cemetery.