Obit: Kautsky, Helen S. (1899 – 1968)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kautsky, Banister, Wright

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 29 Aug 1968

Kautsky, Helen S. (14 NOV 1899 – 17 AUG 1968)

Word was received here of the death of Miss Helen S. Kautsky of Lancaster, Calif., a former Colby resident.

Miss Kautsky, who was 68, died Aug. 17, 1968, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at Lancaster August 20, with the Rev. B. Jessup of the Central Christian Church officiating. Interment was made in the Colby Memorial Cemetery, in the family plot there.

Helen S. Kautsky was born Nov. 14, 1899, at Marshfield. She was raised in the Colby area, and attended Lawrence College and the University of Wisconsin. For 29 years she was employed as personnel counselor for a department store at Newark, N.J. She moved to California in 1966. During her lifetime she was a member of Delta Gamma, and a lifelong worker for the blind and braille projects.

Surviving are a brother, Emil Kautsky of Waupaca, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Banister and Mrs. Marie Wright, of Lancaster, Calif. There are also four nieces and two nephews.