Helen Sarah Bottenfield, 100, died peacefully on Wednesday, June 16, 2015, at St. Joseph's Bluffs in Jefferson City, MO, where she had resided for the past sixteen months. She was a former resident of St. Agnes Home in Kirkwood, MO and of Shrewsbury, MO. Helen was born on December 2, 1914, in St. Louis, MO, the second daughter of Enos J. and Frances T. McMahon. Helen was married in St. Louis on June 16, 1941, to John Patrick Bottenfield, who served as a US Army Major in Europe during WWII. He died in 1994. Helen and John met again in heaven on what would have been their 74th wedding anniversary. Helen worked after high school graduation for a St. Louis shoe company where her job was to draw pictures of shoes for advertising. Throughout her life, she wrote letters, even after it became unfashionable, and often drew sketches on the envelopes. She was a fun mom who served as a Brownie leader, softball coach and classroom helper. She worked in customer service for Lammert Furniture Company and Famous-Barr Department Store throughout the 1950's to 1970's. She was a member of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Jefferson City and a fifty year member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, in Shrewsbury, MO before she moved to Jefferson City to be closer to her daughter. She is survived by two daughters: Helen Patricia Clendenin (Edward), Georgetown, Texas and Mary Elizabeth Kliethermes (James), Jefferson City, Missouri. She also leaves behind eight grandchildren: Timothy Watkins, Daniel Watkins (Maria), Matthew Watkins and Carrie Watkins O'Neill (John), all of St. Louis, MO and Amy Lovelace (Eric), Leawood, KS; Ellen Dickman (Scott), St. Louis, MO Karen James (Dustin), Joplin, MO; and John Kliethermes (Ingrid), Keswick, VA; and fifteen great-grandchildren: Allison Watkins; Dominic, Katia and Jonah Watkins; Molly, Meghan and Patrick O'Neill; Emma and Ian Lovelace; Sebastian and William Dickman; Wilder and Pearson James; and Louis and Daniel Kliethermes. Helen was a kind and generous woman who enjoyed parties of all kinds. Her 100th birthday celebration was attended by her family who enjoyed photographs and stories from ten decades of a full and happy life. On the day before she died, she had a piece of cake for dessert. Helen donated her body to Saint Louis University School of Medicine. There will be no visitation. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated by Monsignor Robert A. Kurwicki on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 2215 W. Main Street, Jefferson City, MO Memorials suggested to St. Michael the Archangel Church, 7622 Sutherland, Shrewsbury, MO 63119; St. Agnes Home, 10341 Manchester, Kirkwood, MO 63122 or St. Joseph's Bluffs, 1306 W. Main Street, Jefferson City, MO 65109. Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at the www.dulletrimble.com website.