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IN MEMORIAM

Helen Tabor Halbert, 75;

Active In Business, Grange

Helen Taylor Halbert

GILBERTSVILLE – Helen Tabor Halbert, secretary to top executives and an officer in the state Grange, passed from this earthly life in the quietness of her Gilbertsville home that she loved so much in the early evening hours on March 20, 2017. Her struggle with cancer the past year ended with her husband, sister-in-law and pastor by her side.

Born on June 5, 1941, in Schenevus to parents Howard and Bertha (Graham) Tabor, Helen Marie was the fourth of four children. She graduated from Cherry Valley Central School, Class of 1959.

After meeting through a Grange talent contest, their courtship was off and running leading to her marriage to Roger J. Halbert of Gilbertsville on Sept. 29, 1979,  at the Presbyterian Church.

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