Helen L. Shubert, 84, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Services will be held at 1 pm, Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Ogallah Christian Church, Ogallah, Kansas. A service celebrating Helen’s life will be held at the Oxford Grand Assisted Living in Wichita in the coming days.

Helen was born in El Dorado, Kansas, on January 21, 1935, to Claude Cecil and Faye Ellen (Shaffer) Chance. She attended Ellinwood and Palco schools and has been a member of the Church of God since 1949. On October 27, 1954, she married Elvin Virgil Shubert at Red Line Church of God in Palco. They had three children, Michael Elvin, Cynthia Faye and David Chance Shubert.

They lived in Ogallah until 1989 and then moved to Hays. Helen worked as a secretary for the Kansas Department of Transportation retiring in 2000. She was involved in many activities and served as a member of the board for Hays Christian Church. She did literacy tutoring, square dancing, and was a member of the women’s Phoebian Group.

Helen was very involved in the arts and theatre. She was a passionate writer and several of her articles have been published in different magazines. A lifelong learner, she took classes at Fort Hays State University and was currently taking a class at Wichita State University about writing poetry. Up until her death, Helen was the Resident Ambassador for Oxford Grand Assisted Living.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Tom Chance; husband, Elvin V. Shubert; son, Michael Shubert, and granddaughter, Sara Shubert Starr.

Survivors: son, David (Dale) Shubert of Wichita; daughter, Cynthia “Cindy” (Bradley) Bruns of Wichita; sisters, Marie Schepmann of Claflin and Pam Dufresne of Galveston, TX; 5 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren. Memorial established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS 67202 and Women’s Initiative Network, 510 E. 3rd St. N., Wichita, KS 67202.

Arrangements by Downing & Lahey Mortuary West.