Obit: Kapfer, Helen (1910 - 1975)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kapfer, Poler, Laatsch, Schaub, Kleinhans, Keller, Mathews, Sherwood, Williams, Henne, Nulton

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/11/1975

Kapfer, Helen (11 January 1910 – 29 November 1975)

Mrs. Albert (Jim) Kapfer, 65, of 714 Kuester Lane, West Bend, died at her home Saturday evening, November 29 after a long illness.

She was born at Colby January 11, 1910, to William and Madeline Poler, and later moved with her parents onto a farm near Cannonville. She attended Cannonville Grade School and Neillsville High School.

Helen Poler and Albert Kapfer were married in Neillsville, February 2, 1928. After their marriage they lived in West Bend.

Survivors include her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Beverly Laatsch of Kenosha, Mrs. Leland (Darlene) Schaub of Kewaskum, Mrs. Allen (Barbara) Kleinhans of Campbellsport and Mrs. John (Mary Ellen) Keller of West Bend; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Lois Mathews of Lake Geneva, Mrs. George (Ardis) Sherwood of Neillsville, Mrs. Oliver (Hazel) Williams of Granton and Mrs. Ethel Henne of Kewaskum; and two brothers, Charles and Robert Poler of West Bend.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church and Women of the Moose Lodge at West Bend, and the Moose College of Regents. She was also a member of Washington County Homemakers, the Mor-Ed Club and West Bend senior citizens.

Funeral services were held December 2 from the Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church.

The Rev. Virgil Nulton, pastor of the church officiated, with burial in Washington County Memorial Park.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kapfer, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kapfer and Mrs. George Sherwood from this area attended.