Helen Kilpatrick

Helen Maxine Beasley Kilpatrick passed into the presence of our Lord on November 28, 2025 at the age of 104. She was born on October 15, 1921 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Henry Oscar Beasley and Bertha Barnes Beasley. She was the second to the youngest of eight siblings and grew up on a farm near Cache, Oklahoma. She was the last surviving sibling.

Helen met her husband Oscar Lowell Kilpatrick, also a native of Oklahoma, in Long Beach, California where Helen worked as a riveter on airplanes and Lowell worked on ships during WW II. They were married on July 11, 1943 and welcomed their first daughter Betty Jean on October 18, 1944. In 1945, the family of three moved to Elk City, Oklahoma where their second daughter Barbara Ann was born on July 5, 1947. The family also lived in Pampa and Amarillo. She worked as a manager for Toot ‘N Totem convenience stores in Amarillo for many years. After her husband died, Helen lived in Plano, Texas for almost 17 years, enjoying making new friends at her church, playing bridge and helping others. In 2021 she moved to a senior community in McKinney, Texas. We are very grateful to all of the caregivers at Village on the Park at Stonebridge Ranch and Guardian Hospice for the wonderful care they provided in the last years of her life.

Helen is preceded in death by her parents, husband of 42 years Lowell Kilpatrick, daughter Betty Jean Whittaker and grandson Aaron Steele. She is survived by:

Daughter Barbara Hardwick (Bob) Hardwick of Allen TX

Grandson Lance Whittaker (Rhonda) of Buffalo MN

Granddaughter Wendy McDaniel (Mike) of Tulsa, OK

Granddaughter Amy Steele (Chuck Denton) of Edmond OK

Great-grandchildren Weston Whittaker, Aidan Whittaker,

Molly McDaniel Hunter, Andy McDaniel

Addison Steele and Cameron Steele

Numerous nieces and nephews and their children

Helen will be buried beside her husband at Memory Gardens in Amarillo, with a private service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to: Scleroderma Research Foundation, 220 Montgomery Street, Suite 484, San Francisco, California 94104 or Meals on Wheels, 219 West 7th Street, Amarillo, Texas 79101.