HELYN K. (RUGE) HEIER
Born to Edgar and Helen Ruge, January 24, 1915
On June 22, 2016, our Helyn
passed away of natural causes. Survivors include seven children, 5 boys and 2
girls; sons David (Darlene Tomczyk) Heier, Gregory (Maureen Ackeret) Heier,
Tracy (Kathy Wilcox) Heier, Neal “Bud” Heier, Stuart ”Bomber”(Laura Potaczak)
Heier all of Medford; daughters Camille (Willard) Anderson of Wausau, Edith (Robert) Hoock of Abbotsford; Twenty-two grandchildren
and twenty-three great grandchildren.
Helyn was preceded in death
by her husband Alfred “Fritz” Heier in December 1976, her daughter-in-law Nora
(Zerngible) Heier in April 2001, brother Ernie and two sisters Elaine and
Dorothy.
Services for Helyn will take
place at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in
Medford with Father Phil Juza and Deacon Joseph Stefancin officiating.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until time of services Saturday, June
25, 2016 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Interment will be at Holy Rosary
Catholic Cemetery in Medford. Pallbearers will be Willard & Eric Anderson,
Robert Hoock, Shizue Teal, Wyatt & Rachael Heier.
Helyn was born in the Town of
Little Black. She married Fritz Heier on August 20, 1939. Helyn and Fritz
purchased a farm in the Town of Little Black on a Land Contract, starting from
scratch having to purchase a dairy herd, machinery and remodel a farmhouse with
no running water, electricity or insulation.
Helyn attended Holy Rosary
Catholic School in Medford and graduated from Medford High School. Helyn then attended
the Green Bay State Vocational School earning a degree in accounting and
business.
Helyn’s career began as a
receptionist/stenographer for the State Civil Service-Wefare Department later
being appointed State Assistant Court Reporter and a court reporter for the
various courts for Taylor County.
After thirty years, Helyn
retired and became a free-lance court reporter for several Attorneys in Taylor
County. She also did free-lance tax accounting.
Helyn did all this while
raising seven children; her motto being “Family First”. Helyn did find time for
enjoyment. She liked the challenge of a good game of bridge, playing bridge in
several clubs and the bridge marathon over the years. Knitting and sewing were
a necessity as well as a craft and hobby. Roses were Helyn’ favorite flower and
she always had rose bushes blooming in the yard all summer. Two special places Helyn had traveled to were
to the Vatican in Rome and LasVegas to
see the Liberachi show. She never missed the Liberachi or the Lawrence Welk
weekly show on TV.
After
Fritz died in 1976, Helyn embarked on her second thirty-year career as
Administrative Assistant and Accountant at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in
Medford, retiring in 2008. Since then, she had been busy hosting family get-togethers,
playing cards and hunting down bargains at garage and estate sales.
In
lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in Helyn’s name to Holy Rosary Catholic
School in Medford.
Hemer
Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake is assisting the family with arrangements.
For online condolences, please visit hemerfuneralservice.com
