Age 88, Lawton - Funeral will be at 2:00 PM Tuesday at the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Tom Willoughby officiating. Mrs. Troop went to be with her Lord Saturday, September 18th in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Helen was born January 29, 1922 to Albert and Ida Truex on the family farm south of Anadarko, Oklahoma. She attented Anadarko schools, graduating in 1939. She then worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone until she married Joe W. Troop on April 8, 1947. After raising her three children, she worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and then the Civilian Personnel Office at Fort Sill until her retirement in 1984. Helen was a member of First Baptist Church in Lawton for 63 years. During that time she taught four and five year old children in Sunday School for 43, years. She also was active in WMU and Senior Adult Choir. She and several friends initiated the flower ministry at First Baptist. Each Monday morning they would rearrange the previous Sunday's altar flowers into smaller arrangements and deliver them to shut-ins. Helen is survived by two sons, Joe W. Troop, Jr., Mesa, Arizona and Howard Judson Troop, Lawton, one daughter, Prissy Abshere and her husband Bobby, Lawton; three grandchildren, Chris Abshere and his wife Shelle, Tulsa, Chad Abshere, Oklahoma City and Jodi Kay Kirk and her husband Brant, Salt Lake City, UT, three great granddaughters, Morgan, Macy and Molly Abshere, Tulsa, one sister, Mary Lee Hudson and her husband Rollin, Delaware, two sisters-in-law, Coann Truex, Lawton and Polly Temple and her husband Euell, Wichita Falls, TX; one cousin, Johnnie Beeler, Anadarko and numerous nieces and nephews. Helen was preceded in death by her husband Joe; one daughter-in-love, Dianna Troop, two brothers, Albert and Walter Truex; two sisters, Velora Beeler and Irene Harris. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church 501 SW B Ave., Lawton, OK 73501.