Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Helms, James Bird And Clara Elizabeth 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               James Bird And Clara Elizabeth Helms

Date Of Photograph: July 8, 2009
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HELMS
James Bird 1875-1945
Clara Elizabeth 1875-1946





OBITUARY
Charlevoix Courier July 24, 1946

Heart Attack Fatal to Mrs. Clara Helms

Mrs. Clara E. Helms, 71, widow of the late James Bird Helms, died at her home
Wednesday, following a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the See
funeral home at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon with the Rev. W. D. Wood
officiating. Interment was in the Brookside cemetery.

Clara Elizabeth Austin was born at Utica, N. Y., on May 11, 1875, and came to
Michigan as a young girl. She was married to Mr. Helms at Bellaire in March,
1901, and resided in North Dakota a short time before coming to Marion township
in. 1902. They moved to Charlevoix in 1913. Mr. Helms preceded her in death Oct.
25, 1945.

She is survived by two sons, Elmo, of Detroit, and Ilo, of this city; six
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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Additional Comments:
OBITUARY
Services Are Held for James Helms
James Bird Helms, 70, resident of this community for more than 40 years, died
unexpectedly at his home Thursday afternoon.

Mr. Helms was born at Ithaca on May 25. 1875. In March, 1901, he married Clara
E. Austin at Mancelona where he was employed at the Antrim Iron Works. They
later made their home in North Dakota a short time before coming to a farm in
Marion township in 1902. In 1913 they moved to Charlevoix. He was employed by
the Charlevoix county road commission for many years and for the past six years
had been employed at the court house as caretaker. He had retired October 1.

He was a member of the IOOF.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Elmo, of Detroit, and Ilo, of Charlevoix; six
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Folander, of
Charlevoix and Mrs. Lulu Monty, of Flint.

Funeral services were held at the See Funeral Home at two o’clock Monday
afternoon with the Rev. W. D. Wood officiating. Interment was at Brookside cemetery.

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