Helen J. Clarkson, 87, Cerro Gordo, died Thursday (Oct. 24, 2013). 

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mount Zion. Visitation: 12:30 p.m. until services. Burial: Ridge Cemetery, Long Creek. Memorials: La Place United Methodist Church or American Heart Association. Send condolences: www.dawson-wikoff.com.