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Mesch, Helen L.
Helen L. Mesch, 89, of Earlville, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, after a short illness. Memorial Services will be held in the spring, with burial in Fairview Cemetery, Earlville.
Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements.
Helen is survived by her two daughters, Janet (Bruce) Ortberg of Sebring, Fla., and Tana (Jerry) Wendling of Earlville; eight grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Gustav & Effie Hahn; husband, Raymond Mesch; infant daughter, Tela Harbaugh; grandson, Damon Ortberg; brother, Oscar Hahn; and three sisters, Freida Palmer, Annie Dettbarn, and Emma Clingapeel.
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