Helen Susan O'Dea Davault

Helen Susan Davault (née O’Dea), formerly of Enid, Oklahoma, died peacefully on January 24, 2019, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 61. She was the beloved wife of Charles Williams. She was predeceased by her father Delbert O’Dea and in 2018 by her son Neal Phillips.

A funeral service will be held at Victory Bible Church on February 9 at 10:30 with Reverend Dennis Elder officiating. A burial at the Enid Cemetery chapel will follow. The church will host a repast following the graveside service. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

Helen, known to co-workers, colleagues and many friends as Susan, was born in Enid, OK, to Delbert and Nora Hyle O’Dea on October 2, 1957. Helen attended elementary schools in Bethany, OK, and Harper, KS. The family moved back to Enid in 1966 and Helen attended Emerson and Longfellow Junior High Schools. She attended and in 1974 graduated from Enid High School where she was a member of the chorus. She attended Calvary Assembly of God church in Enid and excelled as a soloist, winning the Oklahoma statewide talent contest as a soloist. Leona Mitchell, an Enid native and a leading spinto soprano at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, invited Helen to study opera with her in New York. An invitation she declined.

She attended Northern Oklahoma Junior College in Tonkawa and earned a Human Resources Management Certification in 2012 from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She worked in Human Resources at Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid and Human Resources and Administrative Support for a number of organizations over the years including the State of Missouri and APC by Schneider Electric and the Roger Williams Medical Center in Rhode Island.

Helen enjoyed playing the piano, traveling and sightseeing. She was a fan of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team and held season tickets for home games.

Helen is survived by her mother, Nora Hyle O’Dea; son, Patrick Davault of St. James, MO, and his wife, Amber, and their two sons, Quentin and Gavin; brothers Troy O’Dea of Enid and David O’Dea of Seagoville, TX, and their daughters Mandi, Christina, and Patty of Enid; grandson Jordan Phillips of Enid; stepdaughter Janine Williams and her daughter Makai Williams of Montclair, NJ; sister-in-law Karyn Williams and her daughter Melinda Williams of New Orleans; and aunts, uncle, cousins, grandnieces and a grandnephews. She also leaves behind a host of loving and caring friends.

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