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Helen Trautman Weitzel
16 Jun 1907 – 9 Feb 2007
| Birth | 16 Jun 1907 |
| Death | 9 Feb 2007 |
| Cemetery | Harvard Cemetery Harvard , Clay County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | PBosler on 01 Jun 2020 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64188236 |
Bio
Helen Trautman Weitzel, resident of Harvard Rest Haven, died on Friday, February 9, 2007, four months before her 100th birthday. Helen was the daughter of the late Katherine and Henry Trautman of Sutton and widow of Lester C. Weitzel of Hastings. She was born at Bixby, Nebraska on June 16, 1907. Helen attended school in Grafton, Nebraska. She and Lester where married on June 14, 1930 in Smith Center, Kansas and he preceded her in death on March 18, 1985. They lived in Hastings and Detroit, Michigan during their early years of marriage. They returned to farm in Fillmore and Clay counties, living west of Harvard for 20 years until retirement. They retired to Hastings in 1974 where she lived in her own home and at the Regency Retirement Apartments until moving to Harvard House in 2004, and then to Rest Haven in 2006. Helen was an energetic and fun-loving woman, who took an active role as a farm wife, mother, and grandmother for many years. She was an excellent cook, enjoyed playing cards, and loved children, animals, and traveling. Besides her parents and husband of 55 years, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Adolph of Hartington and Leon of Lexington, sister, Edna Klein of Sutton, and her son-in-law, James Creason of Saginaw, TX. Helen is survived by: daughters, Marlene Weitzel, PhD, RN of Austin, TX; Sharon Creason of Saginaw, TX, Juliann and husband Jim Keasling of Harvard; Nancy and husband Craig DeBoer of Wichita, KS; and son, James Weitzel and wife Geraldine, of Kearney; granddaughters and their families, Carmen Blake of St. Johns, KS; Kim Creason of Lake Worth, TX; Nicole Ostrom of Lexington; Carrie Gutierrez of Lincoln; grandsons and their families, Scott Weitzel of Brighton, CO; Bryan Creason of Chandler, AZ; Michael Creason of Saginaw, TX; Christopher Keasling of Petaluma, CA; Timothy Keasling of Pittsburg, CA; and Jeffrey and Justin DeBoer of Lincoln.; 22 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.
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