Heeren, Helma E.

Helma E. Heeren, 87, of Onslow, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Jones Regional Medical Center, Anamosa. Funeral services to celebrate her life will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, at First Presbyterian Church in Onslow. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Lahey Funeral Home in Wyoming. Burial will be in Buckhorn Cemetery, rural Maquoketa.

Helma Elsie Weirup was born April 12, 1924, at home in Maquoketa, Iowa, the daughter of Peter Boysen and Elsie (Weede) Weirup. She graduated from Elwood High School in 1942. On June 15, 1947, she was united in marriage to Paul Dean Heeren in Maquoketa.

Helma was a homemaker and farmed with her husband in Onslow for over 60 years. She had also worked at Ben Franklin, Morning Glory Bakery, and the Fish-n-Tackle in Maquoketa.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Onslow, and its Church Guild, Happy Homemakers, and American Legion Post 259 Women's Auxiliary.

Helma is survived by her husband of 64 years, Paul Heeren of Onslow; one son, Ron (Dorie) Heeren of Friday Harbor, Wash.; one daughter, Carole Paschedag of Onslow; seven grandchildren, Zachary Aldeman of Davenport, Jake Heeren and Alex Heeren, both of Friday Harbor, Wash., Jackie Heeren (Brian Walters) of Las Vegas, Nev., Lindsey Aldeman of Cedar Rapids, Rachel Aldeman of Oxford Junction and Sarah Heeren of Pleasanton, Calif.; three great-grandchildren, Devin Aldeman, Estephen Briones and Eden Chisholm; and one brother, Arnie Weirup of Maquoketa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Orvilla Lorraine; and a son-in-law, William Aldeman.

Memorials are preferred.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.laheys.com.

Published March 1, 2012 in The Gazette