SHELTON, Helen M. (Barkhoff) 1917-2014

SHELTON, BARKHOFF, LUPKES, VOLD, BROEKER, BECK

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/22/2014 at 19:17:37

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Thursday, April 24, 2014]

CEDAR FALLS - Helen M. Shelton, 96, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center.

She was born June 1, 1917, in Melbourne, daughter of Enno and Anna Lupkes Barkhoff. She married Don Shelton on Dec. 6, 1947, in Cedar Falls. He died July 4, 1965.

She was employed in food services with Hubbell’s in Des Moines, the Hotel Colorado in Denver, Colo., the President Hotel in Waterloo, Porky’s and the Commons at University of Northern Iowa, and she also had her own catering business.

Survived by two brothers, Archie (Lavonne) Barkhoff of Waverly and George (Wilma) Barkhoff of Cedar Falls; a sister, Elsie Vold of Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters-in-law, June Barkhoff and Jeannette Barkhoff, both of Minnesota; 20 nieces and nephews; 31 great-nieces and nephews; and five great-great-nieces.

Preceded in death by four brothers, Fred, Paul, Louis and Bennie Barkhoff; two sisters, Annie Broeker and Christine Beck; five sisters-in-law; and three brothers-in-law.

Memorial services: 11 a.m. Saturday at College Hill Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls, with visitation for an hour before service time. Burial took place earlier in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls.

Memorials may be directed to Care Initiatives or College Hill Lutheran Church.

Helen made beautiful cocktail sandwiches and lovely cakes, many of them for her nieces’ and nephews’ graduations and weddings. She had a great love for the flowers in her garden and the violets in her home.

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