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Helena Anna Martha Theesfield, age 94 of Amery, WI passed away at the Amery Hospital and Clinic on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Helen was born on January 6, 1925 in Kouseth County, Whittemore, Iowa to Adolph and Ella (Dau) Pertl. She spent part of her early childhood in Lotts Creek, Iowa and attended school and graduated from High School in Fenton, Iowa. She then took secretary courses through mail correspondence and worked at the USA War Board for several years. On October 24, 1943 Helen was united in marriage to Henry Theesfield. The couple then moved to and farmed in Ladysmith, Wisconsin and later in Hammond, Wisconsin while also raising their five daughters. Helen and Henry then rented the Amery Dairy Queen for a time and later purchased the Dairy Queen in Oshkosh, Wisconsin where the family also moved to. After selling the Oshkosh Dairy Queen they moved back to Amery and Helen worked for a period of time at Chet Johnson Drug and later worked as a cook at the Amery High School for 13 years until her retirement in 1987. Henry passed away in 1997, and in 2003 Helen moved in to the Oak Brook Housing apartments in Amery where she resided until moving to Amery Memory Care which has been her home for the past 5 years. Helen loved to crochet, sew and quilt and made many quilts at church for World Relief. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Ella Pertl; husband, Henry; siblings, Martin Pertl, Marie (Pertl) Wahl, George Pertl and Walter Pertl and a daughter, Nancy Theesfield. She is survived by her daughters, Carolyn (Russ) TeGrootenhuis, Peggy Legut, Laurie (Bill) Janssen, and Annette (Brian) Elkin; her ten grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren as well as many other loving relatives and friends. Funeral services will take place at 11:00 am on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Amery. A visitation will take place from 4 to 7 pm on Monday, May 13, 2019 at the Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery, as well as the hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place at Peace Woodside Cemetery in Baldwin, Wisconsin.
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Williamson - White Funeral Home and Cremation Services
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Tuesday
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
Starts at 11:00 am
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