OBITUARY: Helene Gabelmann, 1923-1995, Mitchell County, Iowa

[MASON CITY (Iowa) GLOBE GAZETTE -- JUNE 5, 1995]



                         Helene Gabelmann

RICEVILLE -- Helene Gabelmann, 72, of Riceville, died Friday (June 2, 1995)
at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage.  Funeral services 
will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Congregational United 
Church of Christ in Riceville, with the Rev. Robert Fegan 
officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.  Friends may call 
from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lindstrom Funeral Home.

Mrs. Gabelmann was born March 8, 1923, in Charles City, the daughter 
of Frank Meinzer and Violet (nee) Wilson Meinzer.  She was baptized 
and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Charles City.  She was 
a graduate of Charles City High School.

She married Walter Gabelmann on Feb. 20, 1946, at St. John's Lutheran 
Church in Charles City.  From 1947 to 1959, Helene and Walt made their 
home in Powersville.  In 1959 they moved to Riceville.   Helen was a 
bookkeeper and business partner with her husband, Walt.

Survivors include her husband, Walt, of Riceville; a daughter, 
Ruthann Irvin and her husband, James Irvin, of Riceville; 
three grandsons, Jason, Jeremy, and Jeff Gansen of Riceville; 
and one sister, Mildred Cummings of Keokuk.

She was preceded in death by her parents.
 

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