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Karen Ruth Helm

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Karen Ruth Helm

Birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
2006 (aged 68–69)
Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, USA
Burial
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Karen Ruth Helm, 69, passed away, Thursday, March 9, 2006 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at the Sandpoint Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Dennis Durfee conducting. Burial will follow at the Pack River Cemetery.

Karen was born in Los Angeles, CA on January 15, 1937 to Alex and Ruth Korneff. She grew up and attended schools in the Los Angeles area, graduating from high school in Long Beach.

Karen married Lawrence Helm in 1955 in Los Angeles. She worked as an accountant for Green?s Ready-Mix, and raised her four children. In 1993 she moved to Sandpoint to be closer to her daughters and grandchildren.

In Sandpoint she provided accounting services for a short time prior to suffering a stroke in 1994. It was at this time she found it in her heart to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

She enjoyed the church where she was well liked and served as a Sunday school teacher. Karen was a strong woman, raising four children, and spoiling her grandchildren. She was loved by many and had a wonderful sense of humor. She enjoyed art, oil painting, history, crafts, and music, especially classical and the Beatles.

She is survived by her three daughters, Kimberly Helm of Chicago, IL, Jana Howard of Sandpoint, ID, Caryn Helm of Sandpoint, ID; a son, Larry (Shelly) Helm of Apple Valley, CA; five grandchildren, Kyle, Jacob, Taylor, Evelyn, and Alex.

She was preceded in death by her parents, granddaughter Roan, and son-in-law James Howard.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements.





Karen Ruth Helm, 69, passed away, Thursday, March 9, 2006 in Sandpoint, Idaho.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at the Sandpoint Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Dennis Durfee conducting. Burial will follow at the Pack River Cemetery.

Karen was born in Los Angeles, CA on January 15, 1937 to Alex and Ruth Korneff. She grew up and attended schools in the Los Angeles area, graduating from high school in Long Beach.

Karen married Lawrence Helm in 1955 in Los Angeles. She worked as an accountant for Green?s Ready-Mix, and raised her four children. In 1993 she moved to Sandpoint to be closer to her daughters and grandchildren.

In Sandpoint she provided accounting services for a short time prior to suffering a stroke in 1994. It was at this time she found it in her heart to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

She enjoyed the church where she was well liked and served as a Sunday school teacher. Karen was a strong woman, raising four children, and spoiling her grandchildren. She was loved by many and had a wonderful sense of humor. She enjoyed art, oil painting, history, crafts, and music, especially classical and the Beatles.

She is survived by her three daughters, Kimberly Helm of Chicago, IL, Jana Howard of Sandpoint, ID, Caryn Helm of Sandpoint, ID; a son, Larry (Shelly) Helm of Apple Valley, CA; five grandchildren, Kyle, Jacob, Taylor, Evelyn, and Alex.

She was preceded in death by her parents, granddaughter Roan, and son-in-law James Howard.

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements.






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