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Helen Margaret Kiser

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  • Name Helen Margaret Kiser  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Born 24 Nov 1917  Brazil, Clay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Jan 2007  Glen Ellyn, Du Page, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 

    Parents

    Family ID: F3319 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Louis Boyd Kiser,   b. 5 Sep 1881, Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1946, Watseka, Iroquois, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64) 
    Mother Lydia Emma Henning,   b. 24 Apr 1885, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1921, Chicago, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36) 
    Married 28 Jun 1909  La Porte, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 

    Family

    Family ID: F3322 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 22 Dec 2020   
    Husband George Edward O'Donnell,   d. 1994 
    Children 
     

    1. Judeth O'Donnell

     

    2. Merrie O'Donnell

    Other Personal Events

    Siblings 1 sibling 
     1. Dorothy Mae Kiser,   b. 25 Dec 1913, Rossville, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1975, Kankakee, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61)
     2. Helen Margaret Kiser,   b. 24 Nov 1917, Brazil, Clay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 2007, Glen Ellyn, Du Page, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89)
     

  • Notes

    • Helen Margaret O'Donnell a Glen Ellyn resident since 1952

      A memorial service for Helen Margaret O'Donnell, 89, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at the First United Methodist Church, 424 Forest Ave., Glen Ellyn. The Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Potenza will officiate. Inurnment will be in Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery, Oakbrook Terrace. Born Nov. 24, 1917, in Brazil, Ind. and raised in Watseka, Ill., she died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at home from complications of liver cancer. Helen was an executive secretary to several notable Chicagoland radio, television and sports personalities, an Illinois State Representative and a number of nationally respected attorneys and businessmen. Helen graduated from Chicago's Moser Business School (now Robert Morris College) and was honored in 2004 as an early and respected graduate. She was an award- winning member and officer of several Chicago-based professional trade associations and women's groups and active in the First United Methodist Church of Glen Ellyn for more than 50 years, serving as a member and officer of many of its social clubs and service organizations. In her earlier days, she and her late husband, Ed, enjoyed traveling to the American West, Europe and the Caribbean. Most recently, Helen became a bridge, crossword puzzle and collectables aficionado. Always outgoing, her friends often noted, "Helen never met a stranger she didn't know." Survivors include her loving daughters, Judeth (Harald) Karlsson and Merrie (Theodore) Eselgroth; and grandsons, Brian and Erik Karlsson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, George Edward O'Donnell in 1994; and sister, Dorothy Marquis. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Mrs. O'Donnell's name may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 424 Forest Ave., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 or VNA Hospice, 400 N. Highland Ave., Aurora, IL 60506. Arrangements were made by the Leonard Memorial Home, Ltd., Glen Ellyn, 630-469-0032.
      Published in Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on Jan. 7, 2007

  • Source Citations

    1. [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Middleport, Iroquois, Illinois; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 2340255.

    2. [S37] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    3. [S11] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D;), Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    4. [S48] Indiana Births, 1880-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - Works Progress Administration. Index to Birth Records. Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.Original data: Works Progress Administration. Index to B;).

    5. [S34] Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

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