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Helen Kisely Benner
31 May 1920 – 1 Feb 2019
| Birth | 31 May 1920 |
| Death | 1 Feb 2019 |
| Cemetery | Lake View Cemetery Lake Andes , Charles Mix County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | Janet Verburg on 22 Feb 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196554772 |
Bio
Helen was to Charles and Anna (Stluka) Kisely, she was the youngest of six children. She grew up on the family farm north of Lake Andes, attended country school and then Lake Andes High School, graduating in 1938. Helen received her teaching certificate from Springfield Normal School, and taught grades 1-8 in country schools, in Charles Mix County for 8 years and then went to work in the Charles Mix County Superintendent’s Office In the early 1940’s, Helen stayed a girlfriend, Frances Krist, who was in the Navy, stationed in Harrisburg, PA. She worked as a waitress and met her future husband, Harold Benner. He eventually joined her in Lake Andes and they were married in Phillip, SD, on August 4, 1947 and they became parents of a son. In 1955 the family moved to Pierre ., where she taught for eleven years. The family moved to Belvidere, IL in 1968, when Harold joined the new Chrysler auto production plant. Helen worked in the shipping department at Century Tool Company for eighten years, she retiried in 1990. Helen and Harold moved back to Lake Andes in 1991, where they remodeled the old house they owned. . Since 2011, Helen resided at Wagner Good Samaritan Society, where she kept an active schedule of reading, visiting, attending music events, writing cards and letters, and playing bingo. Spurred by Dan’s interest in sports, Helen became a sports fan especially of the Minnesota Twins Helen enjoyed all types of music, especially polka music, because it made her happy. She is survived by her son, and many nephews, nieces and cousins. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; her parents, Charles and Anna Kisely; and her siblings, Joseph and Anton Kisely, Rose Kucera, Tillie Slaba, and Emma Kisely.
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