Helen Delores VanHoy

Funeral services for Helen Delores Shields VanHoy, 93, will be held on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport, Louisiana. Burial will follow at Forest Park West Cemetery, 4000 Meriwether Rd. in Shreveport. A visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Officiating the service will be Rev. Jim Cross.

Helen was born July 15, 1931, in Martinsville, Indiana to Eugene and Halcie Shields and passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Helen was a resident of Bossier City. She graduated from Martinsville High School in Martinsville, Indiana. She was married for 63 years to her husband, Robert “Bob” VanHoy. Her hobbies included watching birds, reading, square dancing, playing cards, shopping, and decorating for each and every season and holiday.

She loved to tease and had a witty sense of humor. She was a strong, spunky, and beautiful person inside and out. Helen was creative, caring and a classy lady for whom family always came first.

Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bob” VanHoy; parents, Eugene and Halcie Shields; brother, “Buddy” Shields; granddaughter, Laura Cook; and great-grandson, Landon Peffley. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Debbie Montgomery (Ron), Tammi Reynaud (Kim), Karla Cash (Mike), Trela Cook (Miles), Rob VanHoy (Tess); grandchildren, Chris Montgomery, Kim Higgins (Barry), Jennifer Reynaud, Daniel Reynaud (Brittany), Lisa Peffley (Andrew), Heather Morris (Chris), Josh Cash (Nina), Jessica Schoenfeld (Mike), David Cook (Anna), Paul VanHoy, Mary Helen VanHoy, Pete VanHoy, and Margaret VanHoy; great-grandchildren, Madison Graham (Spencer), Corben Montgomery, Ethan Higgins, Audrey Higgins, Brynlee Higgins, Lillian Peffley, Logan Peffley, Brant Reynaud, Ezra Reynaud, Luke Morris, Clara Morris, Jenna Morris, Emilia Cash, Cora Cash, Regan Schoenfeld, Devon Schoenfeld, Eden Schoenfeld, Travis Cook, Vivienne Cook and Lindy Cook; great-great-grandchildren, Nora Graham, and Josie Graham; and brother, Norman Shields (Marty). Honoring Helen as pallbearers will be her grandsons, Chris Montgomery, Barry Higgins, Daniel Reynaud, David Cook, Andrew Peffley, Paul VanHoy, Pete VanHoy, Josh Cash, Chris Morris, and Mike Schoenfeld.

The family suggests that memorials may be made to Ashdown First United Methodist Church, 145 E. Commerce St., Ashdown, Arkansas 71822 or Ninna’s Road to Rescue, PO Box 1357, Benton, Louisiana 71006, roadtorescuela.org/donate