Darrell D. Helmke, age 67, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on January 8, 1950 in Madison and was the son of Ernest and Marcella “Sally” (Klubertanz) Helmke. He married Beatrice Knapton on Sept. 9, 1978. Darrell worked at Uncle Milty's Pizza and Hanley's inContinue Reading
Darrell D. Helmke, age 67, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on January 8, 1950 in Madison and was the son of Ernest and Marcella “Sally” (Klubertanz) Helmke. He married Beatrice Knapton on Sept. 9, 1978. Darrell worked at Uncle Milty's Pizza and Hanley's in Sun Prairie, Derlein Scale Service in Madison, and then worked for Production Enterprise in Marshall for 42 years, retiring in 2015. He enjoyed hunting in Briggsville, playing cards, NASCAR racing, and the “roar of the mighty midgets” at Angell Park in Sun Prairie. He was a very friendly guy with a wave and a hello to everyone he met.
He is survived by his wife Beatrice; brothers, Ronald (Joan) Helmke, Donald (Joyce) Gmeinder, Robert (Joan) Gmeinder; a sister, Janice (John) Culbertson; sisters-in-law, Janice Gmeinder and Hazel Benisch all of Sun Prairie, Janette (Rodney) Latham of Mt Horeb and Donna (Bill) Petrie of Madison; nephews, Tony (Mara) Helmke of Verona, Mike (Susan) Culbertson and Tom (Lori) Culbertson of Sun Prairie, nieces, Connie (David) Sobczak of Sun Prairie, Karen (Matt) Cornwell of DeForest, Susan (Ron) Marsden of Oregon, Christine Hahn of Wauwatosa, and Janel Gmeinder of Madison.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Ralph Gmeinder.
A Celebration of His Life will be held on Tuesday February 14, 2017 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral Home, 302 Columbus St. in Sun Prairie. A luncheon will follow at the V.F.W. Post #9362, 349 S. Walker Way, Sun Prairie. The family would like to thank the ICU staff at St. Mary's Hospital for their kind care, especially Nurse Susan.
Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral Home
Sun Prairie, WI 608-837-5400
www.newcomerfh.com
Ed Gawlik
left a message on February 24, 2017:
I'm so sorry I did not know about this until this morning. My deepest condolences to you my prayers are with you. Darrell will be missed by many he touched a lot of peoples hearts.
Rollie and Judy Hackbart
left a message on February 15, 2017:
We send our sincere condolences and sympathy. I remember the times as a young boy seeing Darrell, Janice and Ron when my parents got together with their parents to play sheepshead in Sun Prairie. Those were good family times and are precious memories. Love and prayers.
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We were saddened to hear the news of Darrell's passing. He was a great neighbor and always had a wave and a smile when we would be outside working in the yard. We are going to miss him! We will be thinking of all of you in the days to come.
Edward Gesteland
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Ed Gawlik
left a message on February 24, 2017:
I'm so sorry I did not know about this until this morning. My deepest condolences to you my prayers are with you. Darrell will be missed by many he touched a lot of peoples hearts.
Rollie and Judy Hackbart
left a message on February 15, 2017:
We send our sincere condolences and sympathy. I remember the times as a young boy seeing Darrell, Janice and Ron when my parents got together with their parents to play sheepshead in Sun Prairie. Those were good family times and are precious memories. Love and prayers.
Dick and Bonnie Jirik
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Lucas and Amber Sergenian
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Wayne Hammen
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Bonnie and Darrell Rostad
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Jo Ramsfield
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Jeff & JoAnn Ramsfield
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Scott and Sue Whelan
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We were saddened to hear the news of Darrell's passing. He was a great neighbor and always had a wave and a smile when we would be outside working in the yard. We are going to miss him! We will be thinking of all of you in the days to come.
Edward Gesteland
left a message on February 9, 2017:
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