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Mielke, Helen Clara
Helen Clara Mielke, 94, Monona, died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Center, Postville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, at the Living Faith United Methodist Parish, Monona. The Rev. Dennis Gilbert will officiate. Burial will follow in the Monona Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Leonard Funeral Home, Monona, and one hour before services Friday at the church.
Survivors include her daughter, Joyce (Nile) Kruse of Monona; two grandchildren, Jeff (Julie) Kruse of Monona, and Julie (Tim) Sostak of St. Charles, Mo.; four great-grandchildren, Jessica Kruse, Jon Kruse, Jacob Sosta and Zack Sostak; and one sister-in-law, Pauline Schlitter of Monona.
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Leonard Funeral Home of Monona, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.
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