Mrs. JOHN (Helen Lenore Hermanson) MEIERKORD 1916-2007
KOLSRUD, HERMANSON, MEIERKORD, DRAVIS, BALTZER
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Date: 11/2/2007 at 21:03:26
Helen Meierkord
Helen L. Meierkord, 91, of Waukon died Thursday, September 27, 2007 at Green Hill Nursing Home in Ames. Funeral services were held Monday, October 1 at 11 a.m. at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon, with Rev. Richard Eick officiating. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon.
Helen Lenore Meierkord was born February 10, 1916 in Waukon, the daughter of Louis Theodore and Haldis (Kolsrud) Hermanson. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church and graduated from Waukon High School in the normal training curriculum. Following school she moved to Illinois, where she worked as a governess for a family in Chicago.
August 19, 1942 she married Dr. John Frederick Meierkord. They lived their married life in Waukon, where Helen was a busy homemaker and mother and also worked as an office assistant in John's dental practice.
Helen was a member of Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon since marriage and was active there as a youth group sponsor and Sunday School teacher. She was also a member of PEO, VOV Study Club, Birthday Club, and Eastern Star. She enjoyed flower gardening, knitting and cooking. Her family and friends remained the center of her life and she loved spending time and entertaining at the family cabin on the Mississippi River, taking fishing trips to Canada and wintering in Albuquerque, NM with her daughter Ann. She will be remembered always as a devoted wife, wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a caring friend.
Survivors include her daughter, Ann Meierkord of Albuquerque, NM; her son, Fred (Judy) Meierkord of Ames; three grandchildren, Tara, Kelly and Erin Meierkord; and a great-grandson, Aaron Link. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dr. John, who died in 2005; a son, John; two sisters, Ruth Dravis and Thelma Baltzer; and a brother, Theodore Hermanson.
Casketbearers are Ann, Fred, Judy, Tara, Kelly and Erin Meierkord and Luke Cote'.
The Waukon Standard, October 4, 2007
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