Helen Plahn (1920-2003)

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Posted By: Oregon Rain
Date: 3/22/2003 at 09:39:13

The Daily Nonpareil
20 March 2003

Helen Plahn

AVOCA - The funeral for Helen Plahn, 83, of Avoca Lodge Assisted Living in Avoca will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with the Rev. Lou Hoger and Lay Assistant Wayne Paulsen officiating.

Mrs. Plahn died March 18 at Avoca Lodge Assisted Living.

She was born in rural Hancock. She previously lived in Avoca. She moved to Avoca Lodge two years ago. She was a homemaker. She was a 4-H leader for 10 years and on the County Extension Council for four years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Newtown-Avoca Historical Society and Knox Project Club.

Mrs. Plahn was preceded in death by her husband, Bert, on Dec. 13, 1994. They were married 52 years.

Survivors include three daughters, Marlene Secrest and husband, Robert, of Lakewood, Colo., Kathleen Knudsen and husband, Larry, of Council Bluffs and Carolyn Spencer and husband, Harley, of Avoca; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.

Visitation with the family will be Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Pauley Knutson Funeral Home in Avoca. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.

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