Helen graduated from Lidgerwood Public High School in 1917 and graduated from North Dakota State Teacher's College in Valley City. In 1920, she married Lidgerwood native and World War I marine veteran Adolph Healy and they made their home in rural Liberty Grove Township northeast of Lidgerwood. Helen began teaching country school.
They birthed two daughters, Jean and Jacqueline, both of them born in Minneapolis hospitals. Adolph continued farming and Helen teaching. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Lidgerwood Homemakers, Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary and later she was a member of the town's Senior Citizen Council.
In 1949, after their girls were raised, Helen and Adolph moved to Minneapolis and found different work. They rented an apartment in the city's Loring Park neighborhood near the Basilica. Helen worked as a saleslady downtown at Dayton's Department Store. Her brother Leonard Gully was a floor manager for Dayton's. Adolph found mechanic and delivery work.
After Helen's mother passed away in 1959, she and Adolph returned to North Dakota to retire. Her mother's home in Lidgerwood had been built by her grandfather Jacob Neisinger and had been lived in by family, up to that point, for 60 years. She lived in the home for another thirty years, past Adolph's death in 1967, until she moved for a short time to Rockford, Illinois to stay with her daughter Jean. She did return to her North Dakota home before eventually moving into a senior care facility in Wahpeton. Her funeral was held in Wahpeton on what would have been her 94th birthday Dec 21, 1993. She was buried next to Adolph in Minneapolis at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
An active listener and an active conversationalist, Helen was a visitor's delight. Her quick smile, direct eye contact and no-nonsense wit complemented her knowledgeable and educated mind. Not prone to flattery or exaggeration, she was especially independent and an all around capable person. She kept her figure and was in great shape her whole life. She was wonderfully genuine and respected by everyone. In 1989, Helen was honored by her hometown Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary as Retired Teacher of the Year. written by Gregory Dorr
Military Information: TECH 5 1023RD ENGRS, RECONSTRUCTION AIDE
They birthed two daughters, Jean and Jacqueline, both of them born in Minneapolis hospitals. Adolph continued farming and Helen teaching. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Lidgerwood Homemakers, Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary and later she was a member of the town's Senior Citizen Council.
In 1949, after their girls were raised, Helen and Adolph moved to Minneapolis and found different work. They rented an apartment in the city's Loring Park neighborhood near the Basilica. Helen worked as a saleslady downtown at Dayton's Department Store. Her brother Leonard Gully was a floor manager for Dayton's. Adolph found mechanic and delivery work.
After Helen's mother passed away in 1959, she and Adolph returned to North Dakota to retire. Her mother's home in Lidgerwood had been built by her grandfather Jacob Neisinger and had been lived in by family, up to that point, for 60 years. She lived in the home for another thirty years, past Adolph's death in 1967, until she moved for a short time to Rockford, Illinois to stay with her daughter Jean. She did return to her North Dakota home before eventually moving into a senior care facility in Wahpeton. Her funeral was held in Wahpeton on what would have been her 94th birthday Dec 21, 1993. She was buried next to Adolph in Minneapolis at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
An active listener and an active conversationalist, Helen was a visitor's delight. Her quick smile, direct eye contact and no-nonsense wit complemented her knowledgeable and educated mind. Not prone to flattery or exaggeration, she was especially independent and an all around capable person. She kept her figure and was in great shape her whole life. She was wonderfully genuine and respected by everyone. In 1989, Helen was honored by her hometown Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary as Retired Teacher of the Year. written by Gregory Dorr
Military Information: TECH 5 1023RD ENGRS, RECONSTRUCTION AIDE
Helen graduated from Lidgerwood Public High School in 1917 and graduated from North Dakota State Teacher's College in Valley City. In 1920, she married Lidgerwood native and World War I marine veteran Adolph Healy and they made their home in rural Liberty Grove Township northeast of Lidgerwood. Helen began teaching country school.
They birthed two daughters, Jean and Jacqueline, both of them born in Minneapolis hospitals. Adolph continued farming and Helen teaching. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Lidgerwood Homemakers, Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary and later she was a member of the town's Senior Citizen Council.
In 1949, after their girls were raised, Helen and Adolph moved to Minneapolis and found different work. They rented an apartment in the city's Loring Park neighborhood near the Basilica. Helen worked as a saleslady downtown at Dayton's Department Store. Her brother Leonard Gully was a floor manager for Dayton's. Adolph found mechanic and delivery work.
After Helen's mother passed away in 1959, she and Adolph returned to North Dakota to retire. Her mother's home in Lidgerwood had been built by her grandfather Jacob Neisinger and had been lived in by family, up to that point, for 60 years. She lived in the home for another thirty years, past Adolph's death in 1967, until she moved for a short time to Rockford, Illinois to stay with her daughter Jean. She did return to her North Dakota home before eventually moving into a senior care facility in Wahpeton. Her funeral was held in Wahpeton on what would have been her 94th birthday Dec 21, 1993. She was buried next to Adolph in Minneapolis at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
An active listener and an active conversationalist, Helen was a visitor's delight. Her quick smile, direct eye contact and no-nonsense wit complemented her knowledgeable and educated mind. Not prone to flattery or exaggeration, she was especially independent and an all around capable person. She kept her figure and was in great shape her whole life. She was wonderfully genuine and respected by everyone. In 1989, Helen was honored by her hometown Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary as Retired Teacher of the Year. written by Gregory Dorr
Military Information: TECH 5 1023RD ENGRS, RECONSTRUCTION AIDE
They birthed two daughters, Jean and Jacqueline, both of them born in Minneapolis hospitals. Adolph continued farming and Helen teaching. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Lidgerwood Homemakers, Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary and later she was a member of the town's Senior Citizen Council.
In 1949, after their girls were raised, Helen and Adolph moved to Minneapolis and found different work. They rented an apartment in the city's Loring Park neighborhood near the Basilica. Helen worked as a saleslady downtown at Dayton's Department Store. Her brother Leonard Gully was a floor manager for Dayton's. Adolph found mechanic and delivery work.
After Helen's mother passed away in 1959, she and Adolph returned to North Dakota to retire. Her mother's home in Lidgerwood had been built by her grandfather Jacob Neisinger and had been lived in by family, up to that point, for 60 years. She lived in the home for another thirty years, past Adolph's death in 1967, until she moved for a short time to Rockford, Illinois to stay with her daughter Jean. She did return to her North Dakota home before eventually moving into a senior care facility in Wahpeton. Her funeral was held in Wahpeton on what would have been her 94th birthday Dec 21, 1993. She was buried next to Adolph in Minneapolis at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
An active listener and an active conversationalist, Helen was a visitor's delight. Her quick smile, direct eye contact and no-nonsense wit complemented her knowledgeable and educated mind. Not prone to flattery or exaggeration, she was especially independent and an all around capable person. She kept her figure and was in great shape her whole life. She was wonderfully genuine and respected by everyone. In 1989, Helen was honored by her hometown Lidgerwood American Legion Auxiliary as Retired Teacher of the Year. written by Gregory Dorr
Military Information: TECH 5 1023RD ENGRS, RECONSTRUCTION AIDE
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