Helen Marlene (Landegent) LATHROM

LATHROM, VANDER LINDEN, LANDEGENT, NICKELL, JACKSON, HARKLAU, RIECK, VAN OTTERLOO, FINNESTAD, THOMPSON, WYNIA

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/13/2008 at 10:51:07

Sioux City Journal, Iowa
July 10, 2008

MARATHON, Iowa -- Helen Lathrom, 67, of Marathon died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at Hovenden Memorial Good Samaritan Center in Laurens, Iowa. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Marathon. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Vernon Cemetery, Renwick, Iowa. Visitation with the family will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Sliefert Funeral Home in Marathon.

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Helen M. Lathrom, age 67, of Marathon, Iowa, died on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at the Hovenden Memorial Good Samaritan Center in Laurens, Iowa. Helen Marlene Landegent, the daughter of John and Annie (Vander Linden) Landegent, was born at Rock Valley, Iowa on July 24, 1940. She lived her youth and received her education at Rock Valley. Helen had been a business owner and resided at Hawarden, Iowa, and at Farmer City, Illinois, before making her home at Renwick, Iowa, in 1969. She had owned and operated Tiny’s Café and Helen’s Club. For the past 20 years, Helen has lived in the Marathon vicinity, where she was employed at Ike’s Job Site. Helen enjoyed being outdoors and loved to go fishing and work in her garden. One of Helen’s favorite places was the cabin on Big Spirit Lake.

Among those who will lovingly remember her and cherish their memories of Helen are her children: Deb and Kevin Nickell of Renwick, Iowa; Robin and Mike Jackson of Hayfork, California; her grandchildren: Jessica and Josh Harklau of Humboldt, Iowa; Shannan and Nick Rieck of Ankeny, Iowa; Travis Nickell of Renwick, Iowa; Melissa Jackson of Hayfork, California; and Ashley Nickell of Goldfield, Iowa; her five brothers and their wives: Hubert and Willy Landegent and Bill and Alma Landegent, all of Rock Valley, Iowa; Case and Jean Landegent of Inwood, Iowa; John and Audrey Landegent of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Adrian and Nyla Landegent of Rock Valley, Iowa; her sister and her husband, Kay and Jack Van Otterloo of Lakewood, California; her special friend, Gary Finnestad of Laurens, Iowa; other relatives and a host of friends. Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Robert Jon Thompson; and a sister, Johanna Wynia.