Helen Beranek 6 Jan. 1925 - 30 April 2004

BERANEK, LANGLAS, CONRAD, BIGBEE, DURR

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 6/27/2004 at 12:49:27

MOUNT VERNON -- Helen Langlas Beranek, 79, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Mount Vernon, died in Mesa on April 30, 2004, from complications of surgery. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Morgan Funeral and Cremation Choices, Mount Vernon Chapel, by the Rev. Linda Stransky. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until service time Thursday at the chapel. Burial of the cremated remains will be at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Lisbon.

Survivors include two daughters, Penny (John) Balmer of Iowa City and Julie (Rick) Leonard of Seattle, Wash.; a son, Jeffry (Marsha) of Los Angeles; a sister, Donna McGurk of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Donald (Lucille) Langlas of Williamsburg; and nine grandchildren.

Preceding Helen in death were her husband, Gaillard; a daughter, Pamela Iverson; and two sisters, Marjorie Bigbee and Doris Durr.

Helen was born Jan. 6, 1925, on the family farm in Iowa County, the daughter of Harry and Nelle Conrad Langlas. Helen graduated from Marengo High School in 1943 and married Joseph Gaillard Beranek on April 7, 1947, in Mount Vernon. Joe died in 1984.

Helen raised her family and worked with her husband in their businesses, Beranek's Hardware and Beranek's Vending at Mount Vernon. After Joe's death, Helen worked in the business office at Kirkwood Community College before moving to Leisure World in 1993.

A memorial fund has been established. Online condolences may be sent to www.morganfuneralchoices.com.

Cedar Rapids Gazette 27 June 2004