Helen Lucille Lovins, 74, of Jefferson City, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Autumn Meadows Skilled Care, Linn. She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Cindy L. Lovins, Jefferson City; and Tammy and Richard Northeimer, Jefferson City; two sisters, Martha Holmes, Gainesville; and Ann Gawer, Jefferson City; a half-sister, Kay Fennewald, Jefferson City; a step-sister, Sandy Kliethermes, Bonnots Mill; a half-brother, Gary Tripp, Bonnots Mill; five grandchildren, Ryan Kelley, Garrett Kelley, James Dougherty, Jason Dougherty, and Jessy Lovins; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Pringer and Marie Prenger; and two brothers, Harold Tripp and Paul Tripp. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with the Rev. James M. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be 12-2 p.m. Saturday at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Helen Lovins Memorial Fund and may be left at the funeral home. Those wishing to email condolences to the family may do so at www.dulletrimble.com. She was born on Feb. 9, 1929 in Belleville, IL, the daughter of Edgar Clyde and Mathilda Fredricka Knernschield Tripp. Mrs. Lovins was a housekeeper for Still Hospital and a nurses aid for Memorial Hospital for many years prior to her retirement in 2001.