Helen V. Ross, age 84 of Clinton, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 at St. Luke's Plaza Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri with burial in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. She will lie-in-state Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Noon-8:00 P.M. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Wednesday. Family suggests memorial contributions to the Drake's Chapel UMC Love Fund for Needy and can be left at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Helen was a telephone operator and supervisor. She and her husband owned and operated the OTASCO store in Clinton. She was a member of the Drake's Chapel United Methodist Church, Clinton.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband Edward Everett "Chet" Ross in 2000, sisters Edith Rowe and Irma James; brothers Dean Watson and Lloyd Watson; and a great-grandson Dustin Cunningham.

She is survived by three daughters, Janet Warren and husband Jerry,Windsor, Missouri, Velma Ross, Warrensburg, Missouri and Connie Fowler and husband Jim, Clinton; grandchildren Renee Cunningham and husband Leland, David Fowler and wife Katie, and Eric Warren; great-grandchildren Elaina, Aubrey, and Tate Fowler, and Alexis Cunningham; sister Ruth Dare, Kirksville, Missouri; and three sisters-in-law Beulah Watson of Gibbs, Missouri, Mary Mountain of Kirksville, Missouri and Martha Skinner of O'Fallon, Missouri.