Helen Dold Niemeir

Helen Dold Niemeir

Helen Dold Niemeir, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., made her way home to heaven on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. She was born March 3, 1922, in Sheldon, Mo., the daughter of Jules Keith Sawyer and Josephine Welker Sawyer. Helen grew up in Parsons, Kan., and attended schools there graduating from Parsons High School with the Class of 1940. She then completed a course of study at Labette Community College. In April of 1943, she married Howard H. Dold at a church in Dennis, Kan., prior to his deployment to Europe with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers. While living in Lawrence, Kan., after the war where Howard attended pharmacy school, a son was born to this union, Gaylord L. Dold. Wichita then became home for nearly 30 years. Howard died in May of 1975. In 1980, Helen was introduced by a friend to her friend’s brother, Glen Niemeir, who had also lost his spouse. Glen and Helen hit it off, and were married on June 1, 1980, at which time Helen retired from her position with Santa Fe Trail Transport in Wichita and moved with her groom to his farm on the Kansas/Missouri state line northeast of Fort Scott. Helen was a long-time member of the West Liberty United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star (first in Fulton and then Fort Scott). She loved to travel with her husband, Glen and their family in their Airstream travel trailer with the Wally Bryam Caravan Club throughout the U.S. and Canada, traveling over the years to many of the lower 48 states and also Alaska.

Helen is survived by her step-children; Glenda Lalman (Bill), Carol Ruble (Dan), Doug Niemeir (Diana), all of Fort Scott and Gilbert Niemeir (Linda), of Camden, Ark. She is also survived by 10 step-grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her two brothers, her husband Howard Dold in 1975, her husband, Glen Niemeir in 2010 and her son, Gaylord in January of 2018.

Pastor Tom Mullins and Rhonda Headley will conduct funeral services at 10 a.m. Friday, March 2 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the CheneyWitt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to Mercy Hospice or West Liberty United Methodist Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.