Helen
Saatzer, 86
St.
Cloud - Helen D. Saatzer, 86, died Saturday,
June 22, 2002 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in
Sauk Rapids.
Funeral
services will be held on Thursday, June 27, at 2
p.m. at Oak Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Thief
River Falls, with Rev. Robert Dahlen officiating.
Interment will be in the church cemetery with
Daniel Funeral Home of St. Cloud in charge of the
arrangements.
Visitation
will be held for one hour prior to services.
Helen
Olson was born on July 23, 1915 in Thief River
Falls, the daughter of Selmer and Otellia (Hanson)
Olson.
On
July 3, 1954, she married Clemence M. "Cobbie"
Saatzer at St. Paul's Catholic Church in St. Cloud.
Helen owned and operated Helen's Bridal Shoppe in
St. Cloud for a number of years. Clemence died on
January 18, 2001.
Helen
was a member and past president of the Military
Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary and a member of
St. Cloud Veterans of Foreign Wars Granite Post 428
Auxiliary. Helen was also the founder, member, and
past president of the Society of Minnesota
Inventors. She was listed in the 1971 edition of
Community Leaders and Noteworthy
Americans.
Survivors
include a daughter, Elaine Grovum of Coon Rapids;
two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and
two sisters, Vivian (Leonard) Brekke and Joyce
(Bill) Halbasch, both of Thief River
Falls.
In
addition to her husband, Helen was preceded in
death by her parents; a brother, Clifford; and a
sister, Alice Lappegaard.
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