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Emerett SANFORD MILES

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park (aka Hillcrest Memorial Park) Cemetery
Dallas County,
Texas

Emerett
1920 2003

Helen
January 24, 1922 - June 1, 2006
*Obituary - Legacy.com
SANFORD, HELEN JEFFERSON We are deeply saddened to report the passing of our beloved Aunt Helen, a lady of exceptional graciousness, beauty and elegance who graced the lives of her family and many friends. Helen was born on January 24, 1922 in Wichita Falls, Texas, the daughter of oil and gas attorney Wayland Sanford who had been drawn to the North Texas oil boom from Duluth, Minnesota and noted Texas short story writer Winifred Sanford. The family moved to Dallas when Helen was young and she graduated from Highland Park High School in 1938, and Sweet Briar College in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1942. Helen was especially proud of her World War II service in the United States Marine Corps at Washington, DC and Parris Island, South Carolina, where she attained the rank of First Lieutenant. Her platoon of Women Marines had the honor of marching in the funeral procession of President Franklin Roosevelt, just preceding the caisson bearing the body of the President. After leaving the Marine Corps in 1946, Helen worked as an executive in the advertising business for a number of agencies including Clay Stephenson Associates and Tracy-Locke in Houston, and Foote, Cone and Belding in New York City. Helen retired to University Park and then Dallas. She earned a MA in History from SMU in 1981. Helen was a life long patron of the arts, introducing her, sometimes reluctant, nephews and nieces to the Opera and Symphony. She was also a fine and enthusiastic bridge player and avid genealogist. Much of her time was devoted to service to her church, the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, and to the North Dallas Shared Ministries Food Pantry. Helen was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Gordon of Berkley, California, and Emerett Miles of Dallas, and her nephews Mike Railsback and Philip Railsback of Auburn, California, and Peter Railsback of Westminster, Colorado. Helen is survived by her close and loving family including nieces Lisa Sanford of Berkeley, California, Margaret Jamner of Irvine, California, virtual niece, Martha O'Rourke of Dallas, nephews Paul Railsback of Dallas, Steve Railsback and wife Marcy and David Railsback and wife Saige of Los Angeles, California, nieces-in-law, Lisa Railsback, Nancy Railsback and Janet Railsback, great-nephews Craig Railsback and wife Lynette, Jason Railsback and wife Anita, Brian Railsback and wife Cari, Beau Railsback, Wesley Railsback, Ryan Railsback, Gabriel Railsback and wife April, Dustin Jamner, Dillon Jamner, and great-nieces Aubrey Railsback, Lalesha Railsback, Eden Railsback, Ava Wallace, and great-great-nephew and nieces Jackson, Helen, Charlotte and Sophia Railsback, and her devoted feline companion Spencer.

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Submitted: 7/1/19 • Approved: 7/2/19 • Last Updated: 7/5/19 • R196512-G196511-S3

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