HERKIMER-ILION - Helen B. Spoor, age 97, of McKennan Rd., Herkimer, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at Folts Home, Herkimer, where she had been a recent resident. She was born on July 21, 1916, in Mohawk, the daughter of Harold and Leona (Slawson) Bedworth, and graduated from Ilion High School. On October 2, 1936, she was married to Stanley C. Spoor in Clinton, NY. He died on August 16, 1995. Helen was employed as a junior accountant at Remington Arms Co., Ilion for thirty-eight years retiring in 1978. Mrs. Spoor was a member of the Ilion Baptist Church and Remington Arms Co. Twenty-five Year Club. She was also a former member of the Ilion O.E.S. and the Ilion Amaranth. Survivors include her two nephews, Paul Bedworth and his wife, Carol, of Cooperstown, and Harold Shelley and his wife, Barbara, of McCormick, SC; several grand-nieces; grand-nephews; and special cousins, Marilyn Bedworth Yavornitzki and her husband, John, and Sharon Bedworth Hitz and her husband, Leonard. She was predeceased by her infant daughter, Joan Spoor, and her daughter, Jean Spoor; her sister, Catherine Shelley; her brothers, Harold and Ralph Bedworth; and her brother-in-law, Bart Shelley. Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 7, 2014, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m., at the Applegate-Day & Enea Family Funeral Home, 4309 Acme Rd. (old Main St.), Ilion, NY. Helen's funeral and graveside services will be held later this spring at a date and time to be announced. Spring burial will be in Armory Hill Cemetery next to her husband, Stanley and her daughter, Jean. Anyone wishing to share a memory of Helen, or add to her online memorial, may go to: www.applegateandday.com All Helen's services were prearranged and entrusted to her family Funeral Director, Don Applegate.