OSAGE CITY, Kan. – Helen Trout, 76, of Osage City, Kan. passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Midland Hospice Care, Topeka, Kan. She was born Oct. 1, 1945, at Oakley, Kan., the daughter of Leo and Rosie Dechant Schoenberger. Helen was raised in Oakley and later moved to Osage County, Kan., in 1976.

After coming to the Osage County area, Helen worked at a sewing factory, in Burlingame, Kan. She later worked as a cook at Marilyn’s Restaurant, Osage City, for several years, and later at a Burlingame restaurant.

Helen married Bill Trout, April 13, 2010. During their early years together they attended Twin Lakes Christian Fellowship Church, Osage City.

She will live on in the hearts and memories of her loving husband of 12 years, Bill, of their home in Osage City; a daughter, Julie Britschge, Burlingame; two sons, Butch Burris, Oakley, and Brant Britschge, Burlingame; three stepdaughters, Peggy Zirkel, Harveyville, Kan., Candice Schmitendorf, Osage City, and Christina Bowers Trout; two stepsons, Willard “Bill” Trout Jr., Osage City, and David Trout, Austin, Texas; two brothers, Leo Schoenberger and Marvin Schoenberger; 19 grandchildren; and many extended family and friends.

Helen was preceded in death by a daughter, Victoria. See www.vanarsdalefs.com.