Helen Octavia Heidmann

Helen Octavia Heidmann, born October 22, 1906 to William and Emily Jerpe in Hector, Minnesota. She died May 13, 2006 at the age of 100, at the Country Care Home in Bridgeport. Helen was the fourth of six children, having four brothers and one sister. Helen taught in public and parochial schools in Minnesota and Chicago, Illinois. She married Karl Heidmann in 1938 and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. After four years the family moved to Chicago. Following her husband's death in 1954, Helen not only lived in Chicago, but several other cities in the mid-west and east. It was in 1992 that she moved to Cottonwood, where she lived at the Verde Valley Manor-Helen was always involved in some activity, particularly the Friendship Committee. She also worked as a teacher's aide. No matter where Helen lived, she was always an active volunteer, and made many friends. Helen loved to knit and she was a voracious reader. During her fifteen years in Cottonwood, Helen was an active member of the Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Peace Women's Guild. She is preceded in death by her husband, Karl Heidmann; and two daughters, Sharon Lee Schulz of Valparaiso, Indiana, and Sandra Ruth Buskist of San Pedro, California. Helen leaves behind her son, Pat Heidmann with his wife, Gloria of Clarkdale; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 11:00am, at the Peace Lutheran Church, 1450 E. Fir St., in Cottonwood- in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent here. An online guestbook is available at www.westcottfuneralhome.com