LAMBORN, Helen Lorraine 1918-2000

SMITH, MCSHANE, LAMBORN, BRAINARD, ZEIGLER, BARR, BUNDRICK

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Date: 9/28/2010 at 08:57:48

Decorah Public Opinion, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000

Helen Lorraine Lamborn

Helen Lorraine Lamborn, 82, of Clermont, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, at the Good Samaritan Center in Postville.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m., at East Clermont Lutheran Church, rural Clermont, with the Rev. Helen Beth Kuhens officiating.

Lois Dummermuth will be the organist. The congregation will sing "Rock of Ages," "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art."

Casket bearers will be: Roger Amundson; Daryl Anderson, Larry Lamborn, Eldred Nuehring, Quinton Olson and Gerald Schneider.

Honorary bearers are grandchildren Andrew Lamborn and Gwynydd Lamborn of Anchorage, Alaska.

Interment will be at the East Clermont Church Cemetery. The Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service of Postville is handling arrangements.

Helen (McShane) Lamborn was born Sept. 3, 1918, the daughter of John Henry "J.H." and Adda E. (Smith) McShane. She grew up on their farm in
the Hickory Creek valley north of Luana. She attended schools in the area.

On Nov. 10, 1938, Helen was united in marriage with Donald Lamborn. The couple farmed north of Luana, northeast of Postville, and for many years between Clermont and Gunder. They built a home and retired to Clermont in 1980.

Helen enjoyed reading and drawing. She was a member of East Clermont Lutheran Church and its circles. She entered the Good Samaritan Center in Postville July 3, 1991.

Survivors include two children, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: her son, David Lamborn, his son Andrew, and his daughter Gwynydd and her children, Christina, Deangelo and Eddie Jr., all of Anchorage, Alaska; and daughter Lisa Brainard of DECORAH.

Survivors from Luana are sister-in-law, Jane McShane and brothers-in-law, Lloyd and Noraline Lamborn, and Charles Zeigler. Nieces and nephews also survive.

Helen Lamborn was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald, who died June 28, 1982; her sisters Grace Barr and Lula Bundrick, as well as a sister, Lois, in infancy; and her brother Donald McShane.

Transcribed by an IA GenWeb Volunteer from obituaries found in the Howard-Winneshiek Genealogy Society Library, Cresco, Iowa.