BRODHEAD-Leonard L. Helland, 72, owner and operator of Helland's Food Market and Cold Storage, Juda, died Tuesday in his home after a long illness. Born Jan. 12, 1893, in Brodhead, the son of Oliver and Lulu Conant Helland, he married Leona Gingrich in Freeport, Ill., Aug. 26, 1918. As a young man Mr. Helland was a clerk in the Terry and Stair grocery stores in Brodhead and also worked in a Chicago store in 1912. He attended Green County Normal School and taught in rural schools and farmed until returning to the grocery business in 1928. He bought the former Myron West store in Juda and took possession Jan. 1, 1928, and in later years added a locker plant. In 1950 he converted the store to self - service. He was elected president of the board of directors of Central Wisconsin Cooperative Food Stores, Inc., in 1951. Mr. Helland farmed in the Footville-Juda area for seven years prior to 1928. In 1963 he and his wife visited their son, Bruce, and family at Nagano City, Japan, where he is a missionary with the Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Surviving are his wife; three sons, Duane, of Juda, Gordon, of Brodhead, and Bruce; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Maxsted, Beloit, and Mrs. Harry Buhlmann, Juda, and 20 grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters predeceased him. Burial in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Juda.
Janesville Daily Gazette Thursday August 5, 1965
Janesville Daily Gazette Thursday August 5, 1965
BRODHEAD-Leonard L. Helland, 72, owner and operator of Helland's Food Market and Cold Storage, Juda, died Tuesday in his home after a long illness. Born Jan. 12, 1893, in Brodhead, the son of Oliver and Lulu Conant Helland, he married Leona Gingrich in Freeport, Ill., Aug. 26, 1918. As a young man Mr. Helland was a clerk in the Terry and Stair grocery stores in Brodhead and also worked in a Chicago store in 1912. He attended Green County Normal School and taught in rural schools and farmed until returning to the grocery business in 1928. He bought the former Myron West store in Juda and took possession Jan. 1, 1928, and in later years added a locker plant. In 1950 he converted the store to self - service. He was elected president of the board of directors of Central Wisconsin Cooperative Food Stores, Inc., in 1951. Mr. Helland farmed in the Footville-Juda area for seven years prior to 1928. In 1963 he and his wife visited their son, Bruce, and family at Nagano City, Japan, where he is a missionary with the Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Surviving are his wife; three sons, Duane, of Juda, Gordon, of Brodhead, and Bruce; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Maxsted, Beloit, and Mrs. Harry Buhlmann, Juda, and 20 grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters predeceased him. Burial in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Juda.
Janesville Daily Gazette Thursday August 5, 1965
Janesville Daily Gazette Thursday August 5, 1965
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