Jo Ellen "Jody" (Stoddard) Helm was born 2 January 1938, at Viborg, South Dakota, to Alvin and Lydia Stoddard. She moved with her family to Selby, South Dakota, and later to Humboldt, South Dakota, where she graduated from high school. She attended Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, graduating in 1960. She married Herbert Helm at the Congregational Church in Humboldt on 29 December 1959, with whom she had three children, Michael Paul (adopted), Emily Martha, and Richard Alvin. She taught in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Palatine, Illinois, Bloomington, Minnesota, and as a substitute in Bemidji, Minnesota. They also lived for a while in Greenwald, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Granite Falls, Minnesota. In 1979 they moved to the north shore of Cass Lake, Minnesota, where they owned and operated the Trees Resort and where Jody died. She was active in her church as past president of its ALCW and as a Sunday school teacher. She was a past president of the Granite Falls American Cancer Society and an active member of the Minnesota Resort Association, Congress of Minnesota Resorts, Cass Lake Resort Association, Cass lake Chamber of Commerce and the Leech Lake Alliance Association.
Jody died of cancer on 2 November 1988 at the Trees Resort. She is buried in the Calvary Cemetery southeast of Bemidji, Minnesota. Herbert died 12 July 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was cremated. His ashes have not been spread or permanently placed at the time of this writing (May 2013).
Jody died of cancer on 2 November 1988 at the Trees Resort. She is buried in the Calvary Cemetery southeast of Bemidji, Minnesota. Herbert died 12 July 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was cremated. His ashes have not been spread or permanently placed at the time of this writing (May 2013).
Jo Ellen "Jody" (Stoddard) Helm was born 2 January 1938, at Viborg, South Dakota, to Alvin and Lydia Stoddard. She moved with her family to Selby, South Dakota, and later to Humboldt, South Dakota, where she graduated from high school. She attended Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, graduating in 1960. She married Herbert Helm at the Congregational Church in Humboldt on 29 December 1959, with whom she had three children, Michael Paul (adopted), Emily Martha, and Richard Alvin. She taught in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Palatine, Illinois, Bloomington, Minnesota, and as a substitute in Bemidji, Minnesota. They also lived for a while in Greenwald, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Granite Falls, Minnesota. In 1979 they moved to the north shore of Cass Lake, Minnesota, where they owned and operated the Trees Resort and where Jody died. She was active in her church as past president of its ALCW and as a Sunday school teacher. She was a past president of the Granite Falls American Cancer Society and an active member of the Minnesota Resort Association, Congress of Minnesota Resorts, Cass Lake Resort Association, Cass lake Chamber of Commerce and the Leech Lake Alliance Association.
Jody died of cancer on 2 November 1988 at the Trees Resort. She is buried in the Calvary Cemetery southeast of Bemidji, Minnesota. Herbert died 12 July 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was cremated. His ashes have not been spread or permanently placed at the time of this writing (May 2013).
Jody died of cancer on 2 November 1988 at the Trees Resort. She is buried in the Calvary Cemetery southeast of Bemidji, Minnesota. Herbert died 12 July 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was cremated. His ashes have not been spread or permanently placed at the time of this writing (May 2013).
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