Sept. 10, 1934-Feb. 2, 2023
Helen Elizabeth Rowe Denney passed away peacefully in her home at the age of 88 on Feb. 2, 2023, in the presence of her husband Enos Thayle Denney and daughters Alys Kiplinger Mansfield and Sandra Kerns.
Helen was born on Sept. 10, 1934, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of John Herbert Rowe and Genevieve Elizabeth Graff Williamson. She resided in Monterey Park where she graduated from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra in 1952. She married Robert Eugene Kiplinger and had two children, Alys Colleen Kiplinger and Karl Duane Kiplinger. They later divorced and she married Thayle Denney on April 28, 1979, in the Los Angeles LDS Temple.
She is a lover of animals, especially dogs, and leaves behind her Golden Retriever Levie.
She is a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings when residing in Orange, California, before their move to Hurricane, Utah, in 2011. With her husband Thayle, they honorably served four full-time missions to Tennessee, Texas, Nigeria and the Salt Lake City Family History Center. She became actively involved in family history work following her conversion and loved it until her health prevented it.
Helen is survived by her husband Thayle, Hurricane, Utah; daughter Alys Mansfield (Wynn), Vernal, Utah; daughter, Deborah Seeman (Kevin), Rialto, California; son Kerry Denney, Provo, Utah; daughter, Sandra Kerns, (Eric), New Harmony, Utah; son, Mark Denney (Heidi), Spanish Fork, Utah; son, Craig Denney (Paige), Santa Ana, California, Sylvia Burnside, sister, Simi Valley, California; nephew Randy Kephart; niece Lark Kephart and a multitude of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, a sister Jewel Kephart and her son Karl Duane Kiplinger.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. at the Hurricane 11th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 452 North 2600 West, Hurricane, Utah, with a public viewing that same morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Interment will be at the Hurricane City Cemetery following services.
Arrangements are under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S Bluff St., St. George, 435-673-2454. Family and friends are invited to sign Helen’s online guest book.