The Girl with Moxie
Helen June Broaddus Von Aspe, the Girl with Moxie, entered the presence of her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 7, escorted by the mighty power of God's finest angels. She was 85.
Born and raised in Wagoner, Helen graduated from Wagoner High School and attended Northeastern State. She enjoyed a long and productive career in aviation and real estate and was retired from the Boeing Company and McDonnell Douglas. Helen loved family, friends, politics, gardening, finding new homes for her clients, investing, decorating and pizza. She was fun and funny and the inventor of "pop parties," sips of Pepsi for the children in her life for all celebrations large and small.
Helen was blessed with diverse talents, as well as tenacity, generosity, curiosity, courage and smarts. She possessed a relentless ability to self-learn any skill that interested her, from coaxing blooms from sulky azaleas to understanding the complex components of aerospace proposals. She created homes in Tulsa and Wichita that were everything a family could want.
A life-long Baptist, Helen was a member of First Baptist Church, Jenks. She was a prayer warrior whose faith was unshakable. Her faith is the greatest of many legacies passed to her family.
Helen is preceded in death by husband Bill Von Aspe, parents Todd and Clevlie Broaddus and sister Norma Gene. She is survived by sister Ella Lancaster, daughter Susan Tomlinson and husband Andy, son Mike Bunney and wife Kristie, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was especially close to her nieces and nephews. She leaves a host of cherished friends whose lives and families were important to her.
Helen had many roles during life, yet always said her greatest joy was being a mom. We miss her and will always be proud of and grateful for her irreplaceable presence in our lives.
A celebration of Helen's life on earth and new residence in Heaven will be graveside at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Calvary Cemetery, followed by a reception with pizza lunch and, yes, a pop party. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to First Baptist Church, Jenks.
Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500.