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Helen Margaret (Wohlers) Welper 1919 - 1985

WOHLERS, WELPER, EHLERS

Posted By: Errin Wilker (email)
Date: 12/6/2006 at 15:19:53

Helen M. Welper, 65, of New Albin, Iowa, died Friday, Aug. 30, 1985, in Thornton Manor, Lansing, Iowa.

She was born Sept 20, 1919, in Houston County, Minn. to William and Alvina (Ehlers) Wohlers.

She married Leander Welper on April 8, 1938, in Waukon, Iowa. They lived in Milwaukee. He died July 4, 1949, and she moved to New Albin.

In April 1985, she retired from the Lansing Co. of Lansing, where she had worked since 1949.

She was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin, the Women's Guild of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, and was a former officer of the Eastern Star in Lansing.

She is survived by two sons, Merle and LaVerne, both of New Albin; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Louis "Webb" Wohlers of New Albin and Roy Wohlers, of Reno, Minn.

She was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.

Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin. The Rev. Rich­ard Waters will officiate. Burial will be in New Albin City Cemetery.

Friends may call Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m. at the New Albin Funeral Chapel and on Monday at the church from 1 p.m. until the services.

The Haugen-Roble Funeral, Home, Caledonia, Minn. is in charge of arrangements.

SOURCE: La Crosse Tribune ~ August 31, 1985


 

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