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Today'sTHV Wal-Mart says Helen Robson Walton, widow of the company's founder Sam Walton, has died at her home. The company said in a news release that Helen Walton died Thursday evening at the age of 87. The news release said that she was surrounded by family members when she died of natural causes. Her eldest son Rob, chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated, said he and his brother and sister were proud of their mother and the life she led. He said she devoted much of her life to helping others, and to improving the quality of life in Northwest Arkansas. Walton was born December 3, 1919, in Claremore, Oklahoma, a daughter of L.S. and Hazel Carr Robson. Walton's husband Sam, a native of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, died in 1992 at the age of 74. A memorial service for Helen Walton is planned for 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville. ------ Helen was the valedictorian of her high school class in Claremore, Oklahoma and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma at Norman with a degree in business. She was the daughter of L.S. Robson, a prosperous banker and rancher. She and Sam were married February 14, 1943. Sam Walton (d. 1992) left his ownership in Wal-Mart to his wife and their 4 children: S. Robson Walton (Rob), John T. Walton (d. 2005), Jim Walton, and Alice Walton. Rob Walton chairs the board of directors of Wal-Mart, on which John served until his death. ------ Samuel Moore Walton, Wal-Mart Stores' founder. Born in 1918 in the dusty community of Kingfisher, Okla., he had accumulated the biggest family fortune in America by the time he died in 1992. Sources: The Oklahoman; Wikipedia; Mindfully.org; Forbes Contributed by Marti Graham, April 2007. Information posted as courtesy to viewers and researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.
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