Van Werden, Helen R.

VAN WERDEN, DEKALB, SMITH

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/9/2019 at 18:30:36

Biography ~ Dr. Helen R. (DeKalb) Werden
(Mrs. Louis P. Van Werden), Leon, Ia.

"Woman's Who's Who of America"

Helen R. (DeKalb) VAN WERDEN, Business woman; b. DeKalb, Ia., June 29, 1869; dau. Benjamin Drew and Margaret A. (Smith) DeKalb; ed. Keokuk (Ia.) High School, Humeston (Ia.) Normal Coll. (valedictorian of class); m. DeKalb, Ia., June 29, 1898, Louis P. Van Werden; children: Charles DeKalb, Benjamin Drew DeKalb, Helen DeKalb. Cashier Bank of Weldon, Weldon, Ia., for nine years; has done a loan business for past 25 years. Much interested in schools and measures for their improvement. Methodist. Pres. Cemetery Ass'n, Leon, Ia.; mem. New Century Club; sec. Civics Ass'n.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2014