She was born in 1917 in Rural Valley to Parks and Beulah Campbell McKinney.

Mrs. Vensel was a member of the Harmony Presbyterian Church, Penn Run, and the AARP Chapter 2581.

A resident of the Penn Run Area since 1946, she was a homemaker.

Helen is survived by two son-in-laws, David Lewis, Armagh; Albert Cosner, The Villages, FL; seven grandchildren, David P. Lewis and wife Belinda, Buchannon, WV; Dennis D. Lewis and wife Carol, Armagh; Lonnie McCroskey and husband Bill, Blairsville; Larry J. Lewis and fiancé Vivian, Armagh; Kathy D. Schissler and husband David, The Villages, FL; Pamela R. Bove and Husband Tom, Leesburg, VA; James A. Cosner and wife Jacki, Lusby, MD; nine great grandchildren , Jon, Jordan, Andrew, Gregory, Abbey, Dean, Ricky, Samantha, Melissa; four great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Perry M. Vensel in 2000, two daughters, Joan Lewis and Carole Cosner, a granddaughter Debbie Cosner, a great granddaughter , Kayla Amos and her husband Daniel, and the following siblings, Burton, Neil, Raymond, Daryl, Dean, and Laird McKinney.

Friends will be received on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana, where a funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 P.M. with the Rev. Rick Corbett officiating. Interment will be made in the Harmony Cemetery, Penn Run.

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