Abbey, Helen Marie (Mrs. Roy) 1908-1994

ABBEY, BOISEN, NENABER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 1/18/2016 at 19:03:06

Hawarden Independent October 13, 1994

Helen Marie Abbey, 86, of Hawarden died Tuesday, October 4, 1994, at Hass Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden. Services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, October 7, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawarden with the Rev. Loren Vogler officiating. Burial took place in Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation began at 1 p.m. Thursday, and the family was present from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden.

Mrs. Abbey, the former Helen Marie Boisen, was born February 26, 1908, in Bancroft, SD, the daughter of William and Hannah (Nenaber) Boisen. She married Roy Abbey February 25, 1932, in Sioux Falls, SD.

The couple farmed near Alcester, SD, and later near Ireton. They retired into Hawarden in 1970. Mr. Abbey died January 1, 1976, and she moved to the care center April 10, 1991. Mrs. Abbey was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawarden. She was a past active member of St Paul's Lutheran Church in Ireton and the Ladies Aid of the church.

Survivors include three daughters and their husbands, Lois and Bill Jacobs of Allison, Janet and Martis Jans of Yankton, SD, and Janice and John Vander Fee of Ireton; a brother, Glenn Boisen and His wife, Annie of Pipestone, MN; two sisters and their husbands, Neva and Leland Kircher and Bernice and Raymond Eilts, all of Hawarden; and eight grandchildren, Mark Jacobs, Jim Jans, Tom Vander Feen, Greg Vander Feen, Holly Jacobs, Kim Buryanek, Lynn Sweetman and Suzanne Vander Feen; tow greatgranddaughters, Chelsey and Carly Jacobs; and many nephews and nieces. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Ralph, Harvey and Orin Boisen, and two sisters, Lois Miniets and Ruth Popken.