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Hertel, Helen Berger
Helen Berger Hertel, 96, of Amana, died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Funeral Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana. Burial: South Amana Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Middle Amana Community Church.
Memorials may be contributed to the Amana Church Society.
Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.
Helen is survived by a son, Larry of South Amana; a daughter, Lynda H. Flaherty (Brian) of South Lake, Texas; two grandchildren, Kellie and B. Kyle Flaherty; and a sister Emma Johnson of Norwalk, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Mary Setzer Berger; her husband, Henry E. Hertel; three brothers, Fred, Adolph T. and Dan Berger; and three sisters, Christine Engelhaupt, Dorothy Marz and Emily in infancy.
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Published in The Gazette Feb. 6, 2013.
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