Helena (Pannkuk) JACOBS BOELMAN

BOELMAN, JACOBS, PANNKUK, STEWARD, DOLAND, LAMBERT, CARLSON, BROWN, FOWLER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/2/2008 at 10:14:43

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, IA
March 2006

Helena Boelman, 82, of 700 South 12th Street, Clear Lake, died Sunday, March 19, 2006, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, at Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 508 2nd Avenue North, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Bill Poland officiating. Interment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Helena Boelman was born on Sept. 5, 1923 in Ackley, Iowa, the daughter of Anton B. and Elsie D. (Steward) Pannkuk. She attended several schools in Iowa and graduated from Algona High School in Algona, Iowa. She was united in marriage to Wayne Jacobs on Nov. 4, 1940 in Armstrong, Iowa. Wayne was killed in service on Feb. 23, 1945 while serving in Iwo Jima during WWII. Helena married Clarence Boelman on June 21, 1947 in Kanawha, Iowa. Helena worked as a waitress in many local establishments, and later she and her husband owned and operated Boelman Trucking in Clear Lake. Helena enjoyed playing bingo, watching and feeding the many birds around her house and volunteer work - especially at her church. She labeled the newsletters monthly from the church over the past several years. She also enjoyed helping with the Outreach Program and put in many hours with the Prayer Quilts. Helena was a member of the Clear Lake United Methodist Church, where she was involved in the Lydia Circle, and helped any way she could around the church. She was also involved with Retired Senior Volunteer Program, was a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 4868 and the Ladies Auxiliary of Fraternal Order of the Eagles, where she served as Jr. Vice President for two years and Sr. Vice President for one year.

She is survived by three children, Irene (Lee) Doland, Waterloo, Iowa, Diann (Vic) Lambert, Pierson, Iowa and Terry (Bruce) Carlson, Clear Lake; 15 grandchildren; numerous step-grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild and many nieces, nephews, and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; son, Alvin Jacobs; daughter, Cindy Brown; great-great granddaughter, Kylee Fowler; four brothers and one sister. Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.