Helen Rose Wagner was born Dec. 10, 1911, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Perry) Wagner, in Howard, S.D., where she attended schools. After marrying Felix Kappes Oct. 20, 1930, in Ada, they farmed near Ada until the late 1980s. Felix Kappes died Aug. 19.
Survivors are her sons, Robert, Rockdale, Texas, David, Ada, and Ronald, Young America, Minn.; daughters, Marjorie Boe, Minneapolis, Evelyn Books, Fargo, Verena (Mrs. Karl) DeLong, Halstad, Minn., and Bernice (Mrs. Bob) Machala, Austin, Texas; 30 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; brother, Louis, Mitchell, S.D.; and sister, Clara Lunders, Salem, S.D.
She was preceded in death by brothers, William, Victor, Edward and Joseph Jr.; sisters, Anna, Matilda and Magdalen; grandson, Timothy Books, Dec. 13, 1970; and granddaughter, Linda Boe, May 21, 1971.
Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Ada.
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, in Fredrikson Funeral Home, Ada.
Burial: Ada Municipal Cemetery.
Helen Rose Wagner was born Dec. 10, 1911, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Perry) Wagner, in Howard, S.D., where she attended schools. After marrying Felix Kappes Oct. 20, 1930, in Ada, they farmed near Ada until the late 1980s. Felix Kappes died Aug. 19.
Survivors are her sons, Robert, Rockdale, Texas, David, Ada, and Ronald, Young America, Minn.; daughters, Marjorie Boe, Minneapolis, Evelyn Books, Fargo, Verena (Mrs. Karl) DeLong, Halstad, Minn., and Bernice (Mrs. Bob) Machala, Austin, Texas; 30 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; brother, Louis, Mitchell, S.D.; and sister, Clara Lunders, Salem, S.D.
She was preceded in death by brothers, William, Victor, Edward and Joseph Jr.; sisters, Anna, Matilda and Magdalen; grandson, Timothy Books, Dec. 13, 1970; and granddaughter, Linda Boe, May 21, 1971.
Services: 9:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Ada.
Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. today, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, in Fredrikson Funeral Home, Ada.
Burial: Ada Municipal Cemetery.
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