LASSEN, Helen Irma (Sweet) 1910-2005

LASSEN, PALMER, SWEET

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/17/2014 at 18:42:20

Helen Irma Lassen, 95, of Dysart, died Thursday, April 28, 2005, at Sunnycrest Nursing Center, Dysart, following a sudden illness.

She was born February 11, 1910, in Charles City, daughter of Roy and Ethel Palmer Sweet. She married Ernie Lassen on August 12, 1930, in Waterloo. He died in 1961.

Mrs. Lassen graduated from La Porte City High School in 1927 and also graduated from Gates Business College. She worked as a bank teller in La Porte City. Later she and her husband farmed near Dysart.

Survivors include a son, Mike (Becky) of Dysart; a daughter, Lynda Hilmer of Dysart; four grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Roy A. Sweet of La Porte City.

Preceded in death by two sisters, Faye Bunn and Thelma Kerr.

Services were 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Dysart United Methodist Church, with an Order of Eastern Star service. Burial was in Dysart Cemetery. Overton Funeral Home, Dysart, was in charge of arrangements.

Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Sunday, May 1, 2005
(Credit: S. Bell)

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