Obit: Helwig, Louise (1877 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Helwig, Abel, Anderson, Wagner, Pietenpol, Helmenstine, White 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) May 10, 1956 
 

Helwig, Louise (28 February 1877 - 6 May 1956) 
 

Mrs. Louise Helwig, 79, died Sunday at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Anderson, on Court Street, Neillsville. 
 

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 8 p.m. from the Georgas Funeral Home.  The body was taken early Wednesday morning to Jefferson, where services were held in the afternoon.  The Rev. R. C. White officiated.  Burial was made in the cemetery at Rome. 
 

Mrs. Helwig (nee Abel) was born February 28, 1877, in Germany. When she was 12 years old her parents came to this country, locating in Jefferson County, where she received her formal education. 
 

She was married November 21, 1895, to Charles Helwig in Jefferson County.  Following their marriage they farmed for several years in the southern part of Wisconsin, coming to Neillsville in 1923, when they purchased the Hamilton Hotel on Seventh Street.  The building is now known as the Lorraine Apartments. They continued to operate the hotel until the death of Mr. Helwig in 1943.  Since that time she has made her home with her children, and for the past several years had been in failing health. 
 

She is survived by the following children: Lawrence Helwig, and Mrs. Victor (Lottie) Anderson, Neillsville; Mrs. Roland (Hazel) Wagner, Madison; Mrs. Bernard (Isabelle) Pietenpol of Granton; a sister, Mrs. Edward (Marie) Helmenstine of Madison; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.