Marcella “Sally” Helmke Gmeinder, age 99 died on Friday, August 21, 2015 at the Willows Nursing Home. She was born on March 9, 1916 in Sun Prairie and was the daughter of Anton and Sophie (Hemel) Klubertanz. She married Ernest Helmke on June 8, 1936 at Sacred Hearts and after his death on January 6,Continue Reading
Marcella “Sally” Helmke Gmeinder, age 99 died on Friday, August 21, 2015 at the Willows Nursing Home. She was born on March 9, 1916 in Sun Prairie and was the daughter of Anton and Sophie (Hemel) Klubertanz. She married Ernest Helmke on June 8, 1936 at Sacred Hearts and after his death on January 6, 1964. She later married Norbert J. Gmeinder on October 5, 1968 at Sacred Hearts. Sally worked at Hunt's Restaurant in Sun Prairie, was a telephone operator, worked at Wisconsin Cheeseman; was a bookkeeper for Hopkins Chemical Co. in Cottage Grove and for Derlein Scale Service in Madison. She also worked for the M & I Bank Service Center until age 70+. She was proud of the fact that she was the last surviving member of the Sun Prairie High School class of 1933.
She is survived by her sons, Ronald (Joan) Helmke, Darrell (Bea) Helmke, Donald (Joyce) Gmeinder, Robert (Joan) Gmeinder; a daughter Janice Helmke (John) Culbertson; daughter-in-law, Janice Gmeinder, all of Sun Prairie; grandchildren, Connie (David) Sobczak of Sun Prairie, Tony (Mara) Helmke of Verona, Mike (Susan) Culbertson and Tom (Lori) Culbertson of Sun Prairie, Karen (Matt) Cornwell of DeForest, Susan (Ron) Marsden of Oregon, Christine Hahn of Wauwatosa, and Janel Gmeinder of Madison; great grandchildren, Nicole, Kelli and Matt Sobczak, Audrey and Declan Helmke, Nolan Culbertson, Logan, Blake and Casey Culbertson, Clara Cornwell, Jackson and Olivia Marsden, Jeremy, and Megan Hahn. She is further survived by many relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Ernest Helmke and Norbert Gmeinder in 2000; a son Ralph Gmeinder, and grandson-in-law Curt Hahn.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Catholic Church, Sun Prairie, with Msgr. Duane Moellenberndt presiding. Visitation will be from 1p.m. until the time of Mass at the church on Tuesday. Burial will be in Sacred Hearts Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Sacred Hearts Church.
Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral Home
Sun Prairie, WI 608-837-5400
www.newcomerfh.com
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