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Selmer Oscar “Sam” Helland

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Selmer Oscar “Sam” Helland

Birth
Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA
Death
2 Mar 1967 (aged 70)
Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, 1967, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Cornell, for Selmer (Sam) Helland, 71. He died Thursday, March 2nd at the home of his son, Glen, in Menomonee Falls. The Rev. John Speerstra officiated and burial was in the Cornell Cemetery.
Born in Kenyon, Minnesota, he moved to Eau Claire in 1918. He married Lillian Moore in 1923 and moved to Cornell where he was employed by the Regis Paper Mill. In 1941 he moved to Eau Claire where he worked as a painter. He and his wife moved to Menomonee Falls about 1960.
Survivors in addition to Glen, are a son Carl, Burlington; two daughters, Eileen (Henry) Sorenson, Columbus, Indiana; Vivian (LaVerne) Bauer, Eau Claire; seven brothers, Henry, Jim Falls, Helmer, Gilman, Louis, Martin, Obert and Joe, Cornell, and Harold, Eau Claire; one sister, Selma (Ivan) Johnson, Eau Claire; 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, 1967, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Cornell, for Selmer (Sam) Helland, 71. He died Thursday, March 2nd at the home of his son, Glen, in Menomonee Falls. The Rev. John Speerstra officiated and burial was in the Cornell Cemetery.
Born in Kenyon, Minnesota, he moved to Eau Claire in 1918. He married Lillian Moore in 1923 and moved to Cornell where he was employed by the Regis Paper Mill. In 1941 he moved to Eau Claire where he worked as a painter. He and his wife moved to Menomonee Falls about 1960.
Survivors in addition to Glen, are a son Carl, Burlington; two daughters, Eileen (Henry) Sorenson, Columbus, Indiana; Vivian (LaVerne) Bauer, Eau Claire; seven brothers, Henry, Jim Falls, Helmer, Gilman, Louis, Martin, Obert and Joe, Cornell, and Harold, Eau Claire; one sister, Selma (Ivan) Johnson, Eau Claire; 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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  • Created by: Cindy Frank Sturz Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Added: Oct 7, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98446411/selmer_oscar-helland: accessed ), memorial page for Selmer Oscar “Sam” Helland (3 Jan 1897–2 Mar 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98446411, citing Cornell Cemetery, Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Cindy Frank Sturz (contributor 47585825).