Obit: Hogue, Helen C. (1902 - 1990)

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Surnames: HOGUE EHLERS PRUCKA MEYER BRAATZ JUNCHEN KREIER
 

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 06/06/1990
 

Hogue, Helen C. (1902 - 1990)

Helen C. Hogue, 88, Neillsville, died Friday, May 26, 1990, at 7:25 a.m. at her home. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 29, 1990, at Gesche Funeral Home, Inc. Neillsville. Rev. Thomas LaChapelle officiated. Burial was in Greenwood City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Rudy Opelt, Earl (Shorty) Erickson, Buck Lomis and Bill Matson.

Helen (Ehlers) Hogue was born Jan. 2, 1902, in Winona, Minn., to John and Mary (Prucka) Ehlers. She received her education in Neillsville and attended Teachers School in Eau Claire. She married Clarence Billy Hogue on Nov. 23, 1927, in Greenwood. He died in Sept. 1973. She taught school in Humbird and Merrillan for more than 30 years. She retired in 1975 from the Humbird School District.

Survivors include four sisters, Lillian Meyer, Neillsville; Mrs. Robert (Jeanette) Braatz, Beaver Dam; Evelyn Junchen, Green Bay; Mrs. Lester (Dorothy) Kreier, Beaver Dam; three brothers, Arthur, Neillsville; Glenn, Brookfield; Eugene, Columbus; and many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, four brothers and one sister.

Gesche Funeral Home, Inc. was in charge of the arrangements.