HELGESON, Diana Kay (Stokes) 1946-2001

HELGESON, STOKES, SCHAFFENBURG, MEHMEN, BENDA, FOX, BECK

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/17/2014 at 23:48:55

Diana Kay Helgeson was born April 30, 1946 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas A. and Mary E. (Schaffenburg) Stokes. Diana died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, at 54 years of age.

She married Jim Helgeson on December 31, 1988 in Cedar Falls. Diana was a graduate of Cedar Falls High School and worked as a waitress for many years at several restaurants in the area. She was also a nurse’s aide for many years at several local nursing homes and was an in-home healthcare provider.

She is survived by her husband Jim, of Cedar Falls; her two sons, David Christian Beck, Jr. and Nels Thomas Beck, both of Waterloo; a step-daughter, Maureen Mehmen of Plainfield, Iowa; three step-sons: Michael Helgeson of Cedar Falls, Kevin Helgeson of Royal Palm Beach, Florida and Patrick Helgeson of Lakeville, Minnesota; her brother, James B. Stokes of Cedar Falls; two sisters, Joann L. Benda of Dysart, Iowa and Carol J. Fox of Des Moines, Iowa, and seven step-grandchildren.

Diana was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Thomas Nels Beck and an infant sister, Jean M. Stokes.

Funeral services were 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 19, 2001, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. A memorial fund will be established.

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]

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