Helen Naomi Helm
December 30, 1947 ~ December 22, 2024
Helen N. Helm 76, Brandon, died peacefully, while surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, December 22, 2024, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls, after a long battle with emphysema and COPD.
Visitation will be 5-7pm, Thursday, December 26, 2024, at Heartland Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 10:30am, Friday, December 27, 2024, also at Heartland Funeral Home followed by Interment at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Sioux Falls. Helen appreciated the work done by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Please consider a donation to St. Jude’s in her honor.
Helen Naomi Stadum was born on December 30, 1947, in Maddock, ND to Arthur (Art) and Ida (Hanson) Stadum. Helen graduated Valedictorian from Esmond High School in North Dakota. She moved to Sioux Falls in 1969 where she met Dave Helm in 1970. They married in 1975. She was a wife and mother for many years raising 8 children. She later became a supervisor at Luverne Truck for 26.5 years.
Helen lived a life of compassion and had a helping heart. She would always see the best in each person and became a communal maternal figure to many kids over the years. Helen loved to read and could always be found with a book in her hand. She loved to spend time with her family and friends, and going on daily walks with her sister-in-law, Jeri, around Brandon. She had a love and passion for music: if you were to walk into the house at any given time of day, you would get to listen to Elvis, Everly Brothers, or songs from the 50s-60s.
Helen will be deeply missed by her daughter, Christina (Bruce) Crawford; sons, Tim (Naja) Lemke, Jon (Kim) Helm, Steve Helm, Clarence (Stephanie) Helm, Nathan (Amanda Biteler) Helm, and Patrick (Shannon Crowe) Helm; grandchildren, Katie (John) Aaberg, Jordan Page, Samantha (Dylan) Rouzer, Makenzie McGregor, Dylan (Chiara) Jasper, Jordan Crowe, Carys Helm, Ayda Lemke, Mila Lemke, Mia Helm, Shaylee Crowe-Helm, Zane Lemke, Aidan Helm, and Owen Biteler; great-grandchildren, Taylor, Atticus, Emmett, Allen, Rylan, Leo, and Luca; one brother, Gary Stadum; and sisters, Janice Culp and Eileen Vetter.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Ida Stadum; her husband, Dave Helm; and her son, David (Davy) Helm.
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