Wiltgen, Helen A. 1915-1996

WILTGEN, NEMMERS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/6/2009 at 20:25:33

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Helen A. Wiltgen, 81, of LeMars, IA
DATE OF DEATH: Thursday, March 21, 1996
PLACE OF DEATH: …at a Sioux City hospital
CAUSE OF DEATH: …following a lengthy illness.
DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 14, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH: LeMars, IA
PARENTS: Nicholas and Dorothy (Nemmers) Wiltgen
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: ---
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE: ---
OCCUPATION: She served in the United States Coast Guard from April 17, 1943 to Dec. 5, 1944, and received the American Theatre Ribbon and World War II Victory Medal.
MEMBER OF: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, where she sang in the choir for many years. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.
SURVIVORS: …include a sister, Mrs. Margaret Hirsch, of Coon Rapids, Minn.; a brother and his wife, Albert and Mary of Hollywood, Fla.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: ..four brothers, Edward, Ralph, Robert “Bud”, and Cyril; and three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Wheeler, Mrs. Mary Lou Stevenson, and Mrs. Mercedes Moir.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Calvary Cemetery, LeMars, IA
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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