Helen Marguerite (Posey) Baltz 1918-2011

POSEY BALTZ KIEFFER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 6/23/2011 at 22:39:50

Sioux City Journal
15 April 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Helen M. Baltz, 92, of Decorah, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, died Monday, April 11, 2011, at Barthell Order of Eastern Star Home in Decorah.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Decorah Lutheran Church, with the Revs. Bryan Robertson and Wayne Hagen officiating. Burial will be in Postville Cemetery, Postville, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. today at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah. Visitation will resume one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church. Condolences may be sent online to www.fjelstul.com.

Helen Marguerite (Posey) Baltz was born Sept. 9, 1918, to Guy H. and Katherine (Kieffer) Posey in Wessington Springs, S.D. Following high school graduation in 1936, Helen's family moved to Sioux City. She married Eugene Baltz on Dec. 31, 1950, in Sioux City.

Survivors include her sons, Frederick (Cindia) Baltz of Galena, Ill., and Everett (Patricia) Baltz of North Platte, Neb.; grandchildren, Emily (James) Gephart, Warren (Marcy) Baltz, Elliot, Ethan, Eva and Anna Baltz; five great-grandchildren, Cora and Calista Gephart, Noah, Levi and Wyatt Baltz; one brother, Everett (Juanita) Posey of Sioux City; a sister-in-law, Dora Posey; nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene in 2003; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Roscoe and Evelyn Posey, Bernard Posey, and Kenneth and Elaine Posey.