HELM. Laura B. (Lokke SCHOTANUS)

SCHOTANUS, HELM, STEENSTRA, THOMPSON, LATHAM, KOPPIN, ARCHER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/21/2018 at 13:33:06

Obituary ~ Laura B. (Lokke Schotanus) Helm
July 03, 1916 ~ May 08, 2008

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Saturday, May 10, 2008

PLYMOUTH — Laura B. Helm, 91, of Mason City, formerly of Plymouth, died Thursday (May 8, 2008) at Good Shepherd Health Center.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. today, May 10, at Plymouth United Methodist Church with Pastor Jim Turner officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Plymouth. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Mason City.

Memorials may be given to Laura B. Helm Memorial Fund.

Laura B. (Lokke Schotanus) Helm was born July 3, 1916, in Deinum, Frysland Netherlands, to Jacob and Sietske (Steenstra) Schotanus. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1923. They moved to the Eldora area and Laura attended schools in Hardin County.

She was married to Laurel “Doc” Helm on April 22, 1939, at the Little Brown Church and to this union three children were born. Together they lived in the Plymouth area for most of their lives. She enjoyed gardening and flowers and also enjoyed the time she spent with family and friends.

She was a faithful member of Plymouth United Methodist Church. She also was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mother’s Club and the UMW Circle.

She was survived by her daughters, Brenda Thompson and husband, Rick, of Arvada, Colo., Debi Latham and husband, Dan, of Mason City, and Lisa Koppin and husband, Jim, of Mason City; grandchildren, Andrew (Jen) and B.J. Thompson (Laura), Megan Latham Archer (Ryan), Jillian and Mackenzie Latham, and Madison and Connor Koppin; brothers, Clyde Schotanus and wife, Louise, of St. Ansgar, and Jack Schotanus and wife, Patsy, of Grafton; sister-in-law, Marilyn Schotanus, of St. Ansgar.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Laurel “Doc” Helm; and brother, Jerry Schotanus.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 641-423-0924. www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2018