Helen L. Swofford, 93, Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Harrisonville, Missouri, died Saturday, October 30, 2010 at her daughter's home in Peculiar, MO. Memorial services will be held at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. The family will receive friends from 4:30-5:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in Orient Cemetery in Harrisonville. The family suggests contributions to Hospice of the Midwest.

Helen was born March 15, 1917 in Butler, MO the daughter of John and Ellen (Alms) Golladay. She married Vernon R. Swofford on February 27, 1937 in Butler. She grew up in Butler and was a 1934 graduate of Butler High School. She went to beauty school in Joplin, MO. She owned a beauty shop and later worked for Ida & Lou's Beauty Shop in Harrisonville. She moved to Harrisonville in 1945 and moved to Mesa, AZ in 1978. She was a member of the Sunland Village Golf Club in Mesa and the Mesa Art Guild. She loved oil painting.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Vernon on October 11, 1992. She is survived by one son, John Swofford, Mesa, AZ; one daughter, Marilyn Swofford Gustafson, Peculiar, MO; one brother, John Golladay, Butler, MO; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.