Mrs. Nancy Lou Helm Bitzenberg, 69, of Pineville and Joplin, Missouri, departed this life on Sunday afternoon, October 23, 2016, at the McDonald County Living Center in Anderson, Missouri, after a recent decline in health.
Nancy began her earthly journey on February 8, 1947, in Neosho, Missouri, one of four children born to Lloyd Helm, Sr. and Jean (Mosier) Helm. She was raised in Pineville, Missouri and was a 1966 graduate of Pineville High School. She furthered her education at the University of Tulsa. In 1968, she married Bill Weber and to this union a daughter and three sons were born. Bill’s profession afforded them the opportunity to reside in various places throughout the world. They eventually settled in Bedford, Texas where they raised their children. After they divorced in 1991, Nancy returned home to her beloved McDonald County and for twenty-one years she was a data entry clerk at the McDonald County Courthouse. On December 18, 1994, she married Doyle R. Pennel and together they shared twelve years before his passing on May 7, 2007. On May 27, 2011, she and Bert Bitzenberg were married. They resided in Joplin, Missouri, but Nancy still retained and spent time in the home she built in Pineville. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, dirt roading through the hills of McDonald County, going to the movies and out to eat, playing card games especially bridge, and entertaining her family and numerous friends. She was a longtime member of the Pineville United Methodist Church and a stanch supporter of the McDonald County Republican Club.
She was preceded in death by her Father, Lloyd Helm Sr.; and husbands, Richard Blevins (who was killed in action during Vietnam) and Doyle Pennel.
Nancy is survived by her husband, Bert Bitzenberg of Joplin, Missouri; her four children, Stefanie Nation and husband, Jim, of Decatur, Texas, Sam Weber and wife, Stacy, of Arlington, Texas, William “Billy” Weber and wife, Diane, of Neosho, Missouri and Jamey Weber and wife, Jennifer, of Anderson, Missouri; twelve grandchildren, Keaton Weber, Kierra Weber, Kade Weber, Addison Nation, Dylan Nation, Tanner Weber, Parker Weber, Madison Weber, Chandler Pittman-Weber, Regan Pittman-Weber, Jackson Weber and Layla Weber; her mother, Jean Helm of Pineville, Missouri; a brother, Sam Helm and wife, Joye, of Pineville; two sisters, Rebecca Ellington and husband, George, of Cleveland, Texas and Cindy Harvey and husband, Charles, of Shell Knob, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends.
Funeral services for Nancy are 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 29, 2016 in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes with Pastor Marilyn O’Brien officiating. Burial will follow in the Pineville Cemetery. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Keaton Weber, Addison Nation, Dylan Nation, Tanner Weber, Parker Weber, Kade Weber, Chandler Pittman and Jackson Weber. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Memorials are being directed to the McDonald County Republican Club and contributions may be left at the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www. ozarkfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Missouri.
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