Helene Anna Weber

SCHARES WEBER NIE HAGAN BONVENTRE FISHER NEWTON MAYER FETTKETHER SCHMITZ BABINAT

Posted By: diane beier (email)
Date: 2/19/2022 at 15:42:13

Helene Anna Schares Weber, 96, of Independence, died peacefully at her home in Independence with her family at her side on Thursday, February 10, 2022.

Helene was born August 19, 1925, in Black Hawk County, the firstborn child of Anthony and Anna Nie Schares. She grew up on a farm near Gilbertville, Iowa.

Helene was an active member of St. John Catholic Church in Independence, as well as a member of the Rosary Society and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She belonged to the Sew and Sews Quilting Club, the Chautauqua Literary Guild, several card clubs, and Square Dance Club. Helene was a longtime supporter of St. John School, where her 3 children graduated. She donated craft items, dozens of crocheted rugs, and hundreds of kitchen scrubbies each year at the annual St. John Bazaar. She was known to many as the “Scrubber Queen”. Helene was an active gardener for many years.

Helene worked at Hinsons in Waterloo, MicroSwitch in Independence, Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids, and retired in 1989 after working for 18 years at MHI in Independence.

Survivors include her children, Charles (Sharon) Weber of Ames, Constance Weber of Independence, and Catherine (Richard) Hagan of Novi, Michigan. Also, surviving are 3 granddaughters: Jessica (Steven) Bonventre, Christina (Anthony) Fisher, Kaitlyn Hagan, and 2 great grandsons, Connor and Grayson Bonventre. Helene’s surviving siblings are Edward Schares of Waterloo, LeRoy (Cheryl) Schares of Independence, Gladys (Paul) Newton of Las Vegas, NV, Barb Mayer of Gilbertville, and Anna (Keith) Fettkether of Readlyn.
Helene was preceded in death by her parents, her son Patrick and her granddaughter Amy Weber. Also, preceding her were her siblings and their spouses, Robert and Jeanette Schares, Margaret and Matt Schmitz, Thelma and John Babinat, Richard and Rosemary Schares, her brother-in-law Jack Mayer, and sister-in-law Dorothy Schares.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 21, 2022, at St. John Catholic Church with burial in St. John Cemetery, both in Independence. Public visitation from 2 - 6 p.m. on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at the Reiff Family Center Funeral Home & Crematory, where there will be a 2 p.m. rosary by Catholic Daughters and a wake service at 6 p.m. Visitation also from 9 to 10 AM Monday funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice and St. John School.

To leave an online condolence please go to www.reifffamilycenter.com under obituaries.