Helen Vernetta Aude, age 92, of Mt. Carroll, IL, passed away peacefully at Big Meadows Nursing Home, in Savanna, IL, on March 26, 2025. A private family funeral service will be held, with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Mt. Carroll. A public celebration of life will be planned for a future date. Memorials may be made to Big Meadows Nursing Home.
Helen, or Vernetta as some knew her, was born April 4, 1932, in Mt. Carroll, the daughter of Floyd and Ruth (Livingston) Kehl. She graduated from Mt. Carroll High School with the class of 1950, and later that year, on September 28, she married John Joseph Aude. They began their married life farming together outside of Lanark, IL. Helen then worked as a waitress for the Carroll Café, and later as a dispatcher for the Carroll County Sherrif's Office. For a number of years, she worked for Wood's Manufacturing and Eaton Corp., respectively, before working for a time at the Land of Oz. She finished her working years in the cafeteria for the Mt. Car

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