Lease, Helen (1920-2001)

LEASE, HANSON, STEELE, BRAESCH, KERSTEN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/16/2010 at 15:45:08

Helen Lease - May 21, 1920 - Oct. 17, 2001

Friday, October 26, 2001

Helen M. Lease, age 81, of Northwood, formerly of Storm Lake, died Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood following a lengthy illness.

Helen Margurite Lease was born May 21, 1920, in Silver Township, Cherokee County, the daughter of Anton and Helga (Steele) Hanson. Helen was baptized on July 21, 1920, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Cherokee, and confirmed on June 12, 1955, at Grace Lutheran Church in Storm Lake. She graduated from Wilson High School in Cherokee in 1938. Following graduation she worked for Jantzen's Department Store in Storm Lake.

Helen was united in marriage to Al Lease on June 23, 1940, at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Cherokee. The couple lived in Cherokee until Al left for the service. Following his return, they moved to Storm Lake in 1946.

She was a long-time member of Grace Lutheran Church and dedicated her life to helping others. She will be remembered as faithfully serving her family as wife, mother, and homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, Al, Northwood; a son, Craig Lease, and his wife, Phyllis, Northwood; a daughter, Karen Braesch, and her husband, Tom, Prior Lake, MN; five grandsons, Travis (Anne Marie) Lease, Port St. Lucie, FL, Brian (Becky) Lease, LaCrosse, WI, Matthew (Melissa) Braesch, Sheboygan, WI, Jason (Tracy) Braesch, Prior Lake, MN, and Jeff (Joan) Braesch, Burnsville, MN.

Also surviving are three great granddaughters, Arianna Kersten and Alexis and Haley Braesch, and other extended family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Glenn, and a nephew Dennis.

Funeral services were held Saturday, October 20, 2001, at 11 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Storm Lake with Pastor Henry Kuhn officiating. Burial was in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established.

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