Helen Gay Shenold

Helen Gay Shenold, 54, passed away on February 20, 2014, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm on February 24, 2014, at the Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater, with Pastor Tony Black officiating. Interment will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery. Arrangements have been entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Home.
Helen was born on February 6, 1960 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Melvin and Freddy (Jones) Shenold. She grew up in rural Stillwater and graduated from Stillwater High School in 1978. After high school, Helen graduated from the Culinary Arts program at Indian Meridian Technology Center. Helen loved cooking and baking for friends and family. She enjoyed her career as a cook and caterer at Grace Living Center and at Oklahoma State University in both Greek and Residential Life. Helen took great pride in keeping OSU students and athletes well-fed for many years. Countless fraternity boys gained their Freshman 15 thanks to Helens home style cooking!
Helen treasured time spent with her family, especially playing games with nieces and nephews and supporting them at livestock shows and ball games. Helen loved all children and adopted many other nieces and nephews as her own over the years. She had an inborn fondness for animals, and even after leaving the farm, she cherished her relationship with her dogs, Dixie and Luke. She also loved watching game shows, Westerns and other movies with her friends and family. Helen was a devoted daughter to her parents, spending much of her time caring for them before their passing.
Helen is survived by five siblings, Phyllis Haskett and husband, Gene, of Udall, KS, George Shenold and wife, Jacklyn, of Stillwater, Mary Kay Jennings and husband, Roger, of Stillwater, Lance Shenold and wife, Sherry, of Anadarko, OK, Wendy Conley and husband, Harold, of Baltimore, OH; three longtime friends, Lisa Drumm (Jim), Joy Major (Leon), and Carolyn Roper (Irvin), all of Stillwater, along with numerous nieces, nephews, and loved ones.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and Freddy (Jones) Shenold.
Memorial contributions can be made in her name to Oklahoma Medical Research, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104.