HELGELAND, Dorothy A. 1912-2011

HELGELAND

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 2/22/2023 at 09:05:49

Dorothy Agnes Helgeland
(December 24, 1912 - September 2, 2011)

Northwood Anchor, Northwood, Iowa, Wed., Sep 7, 2011, p.9
Dorothy Agnes Helgeland, 98, of Northwood, died on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at the Heritage Care Center, Mason City. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Northwood United Methodist Church, Northwood, with the Rev. Wendi Gillan officiating. Burial will be in the Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood. Visitation is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 S., Northwood.
Dorothy Agnes Wright was born Dec. 24, 1912, to Edward and Julia (Mitchell) Wright in Spokane, Wash. The family moved back to Northwood when she was a small child. After graduating from Northwood High School, Dorothy was the bookkeeper for her father at the International Harvester dealership.
In 1937, she married Elmer Helgeland and they farmed west of Northwood until 1942, when they moved east of Northwood to farm until their retirement in 1967. Dorothy enjoyed gardening, sewing, traveling, card clubs and her family. She was preceded in death by her husband Elmer; her parents; her daughter Janice Jones; brother Donald Wright; sister Margaret Schaub; daughter- in- law, Sheila; sister- in- law Edith Wright; brother -in- law Robert Helgeland; a stillborn great grandchild. Dorothy is survived by a son, Keith Helgeland, of Arvada, Colo.; granddaughters, Angela Wilkins (Mike), of Northwood, Sarah Carpenter (Tim), of Arvada, Colo., and Kirsten Morton (Rodney), of Avada, Colo.; four great- grandchildren; sister- in- law, Gladys Bogue, of Manly; several nieces and nephews.