Alva Review-Courier -

Kathryn L. Helms died on the morning of November 24, 2021, in Tampa, Florida, after an arduous and heroic battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Born in Alva, Oklahoma, in December of 1948 to her now departed parents, Orin and Louise Lancaster, Kathy had two daughters with her first husband. Her first daughter, Stacy, preceded her in death at the age of 16 years and 10 months.

Kathy married the love of her life, Fred D. Helms, in Oklahoma in 1978, and not long after Fred's retirement in 1998 they moved from Oklahoma to Arizona to be close to family. During their time in Oklahoma, they had resided in...