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==Background==
==Background==
Derr was born to Edward and Bessie Clark in Clarks, a village in Merrick County, [[Nebraska]], near Grand Island]] in east central portion of that state. She graduated from Rinard High School in Rinard in Calhoun County in western [[Iowa]]. Thereafter, she graduated from [[Iowa State University]] at Ames.<ref name=obit/>
Derr was born to Edward and Bessie Clark in Clarks, a village in Merrick County, [[Nebraska]], near Grand Island]] in east central portion of that state. She graduated from Rinard High School in Rinard in Calhoun County in western [[Iowa]]. Thereafter, she graduated from [[Iowa State University]] at Ames.<ref name=obit/>
Helen Clark married Harold J. Derr (September 7, 1917 – February 7, 1992),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=June 26, 2011; under pay wall}}</ref> later a [[forester]] with the United States Forest Service in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana. The couple had three children.<ref name=obit/>
Helen Clark married Harold J. Derr (September 7, 1917 – February 7, 1992),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=June 26, 2011; under pay wall}}</ref> later a [[forester]] with the United States Forest Service in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana. The couple had three children.<ref name=obit/>
When their older son, Russell Edward "Russ" Derr (March 27, 1947 – October 13, 2010),<ref name=ssdi/> was born, the Derrs were living in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. A landscape designer, Russell Derr died of lymphoma at the age of sixty-three in Burbank, [[California]].<ref>Russell Edward "Rusty" Derr Obituary, ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk,'' November 3, 2010.</ref> Harold and Helen had a daughter, Mary D. Sharkey of Ball, which adjoins Pineville, who is married to Richard Powell Sharkey, the managing editor of ''The Town Talk.'' Another son of Harold and Helen Derr, Allan Derr, and his wife, Betsy Derr, live in Villa Park, [[Illinois]]. Derr had seven grandchildren and a great-grandson. She had one sibling, a sister, Margaret Louise Dorr of[Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<ref name=obit/> The sisters had similar married surnames, one with an "e" and the other with an "o".<ref>Net Detective People Search</ref>
When their older son, Russell Edward "Russ" Derr (March 27, 1947 – October 13, 2010),<ref name=ssdi/> was born, the Derrs were living in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. A landscape designer, Russell Derr died of lymphoma at the age of sixty-three in Burbank, [[California]].<ref>Russell Edward "Rusty" Derr Obituary, ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk,'' November 3, 2010.</ref> Harold and Helen had a daughter, Mary D. Sharkey of Ball, which adjoins Pineville, who is married to Richard Powell Sharkey, the managing editor of ''The Town Talk.'' Another son of Harold and Helen Derr, Allan Derr, and his wife, Betsy Derr, live in Villa Park, [[Illinois]]. Derr had seven grandchildren and a great-grandson. She had one sibling, a sister, Margaret Louise Dorr of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<ref name=obit/> The sisters had similar married surnames, one with an "e" and the other with an "o".<ref>Net Detective People Search</ref>
==Journalism career==
==Journalism career==
Derr had resided most of her life with her husband in the Paradise community in northern Rapides Parish. Some years after his death she relocated to Regency House in Alexandria, where she died at the age of ninety-two. Services were held on June 25 at Woodland Presbyterian Church. She is interred beside her husband at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>
Derr had resided most of her life with her husband in the Paradise community in northern Rapides Parish. Some years after his death she relocated to Regency House in Alexandria, where she died at the age of ninety-two. Services were held on June 25 at Woodland Presbyterian Church. She is interred beside her husband at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>
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