Helen A. Brouse, 83, of Boalsburg, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at home. Born March 14, 1926, in State College, she was a daughter of the late John and Helen Markley Kerstetter. On Sept. 4, 1948, she married John W. Brouse, who died Jan. 10, 2003.
Helen graduated from Boalsburg High School in 1943. She was a clerk at Penn State for many years. She was a member of the Boalsburg Fire Company Ladies' Auxiliary.
Helen is survived by four children, Nancy Rogers and her husband, Craig, of West Bath, Maine, Jean Milliron and her husband, Gordon, of Philipsburg, Robert Brouse and his wife, Robin, of Boalsburg, and David Brouse and his wife, Shawnee, of Pleasant Gap; seven grandchildren, Jessica Avery, Tobin and Noah Rogers, William and Wayne Baer, Eric Brouse and Whitney Brown; and two great-grandchildren, Caleb and Zoe Avery. She was a devoted wife and mother and a very proud grandmother.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at Koch Funeral Home, 2401 S. Atherton St., State College. Her funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, at the funeral home with the Rev. Ann Graves officiating. Burial will be in Boalsburg Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to P.A.W.S., 1401 Trout Road, State College, PA 16801.