Helen Lora Irvin, 78, of Malden, Mo., died Saturday, May 20, 2006, at the Malden Nursing Center.

Born Sept. 27, 1927, in Hooper, Texas, she was employed at Brown Shoe Company and was a member of the Lynn Oak General Baptist Church in Clarkton, Mo.

On Aug. 23, 1986, in Clarkton, she married Loman Thomas Irvin, who survives.

Survivors also include three step-daughters, Martha Walker and husband, James, of DeSoto, Mo., Joyce Becker and husband, Billy Ray, of Portageville, Mo., and Louise Stevens and husband, Richard, of Sparta, Wis.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two nieces and two nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Bill Sharp and a step-son, Thomas Harold Irvin.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., today, Tuesday, May 23, at the Landess Funeral Home in Malden.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, at the Lynn Oak General Baptist Church in Clarkton with Ronnie Wiseman officiating.

Burial will follow in the Stanfield Cemetery at Clarkton.