Mrs. Friend was born Helen S. Schwartz on April 7, 1923, at Los Angeles. She had been employed at Beech Aircraft in Wichita for many years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, in 1989.

Survivors include a son, Richard of Midwest City, Okla.; a daughter, Deborah Brown of Mooreland, Okla.; a sister, Marlene Kelly of Las Vegas; four grandchildren, Brandy Green, Tanner Green, Shiloh Brown and Cory Brown; and three great-grandchildren, Tyler Chapple, Maxine Ezul and Noelani Alcantar.

A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina.