HELEN T. ANDERSEN

Helen T. Andersen, 92, of Denison, died Sunday, December 5, 2010, at the Eventide Lutheran Home in Denison.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday at the United Church of Westside in Westside with burial at the Arcadia Cemetery in Arcadia.

The Huebner Funeral Home in Denison is in charge of arrangements where friends may call from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday.

Helen Tereza Andersen was born February 16, 1918, the daughter of Fred and Amanda (Asmus) Gruhn.

Helen was born in Botna, Iowa, where she attended country school. She was united in marriage to Lenus Andersen. The couple was blessed with the birth of four children.

She was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed visiting, playing cards, dining out and spending time with her family. Baking and cooking for her family were part of her routine as a dutiful homemaker. She was a member of the United Church of Westside in Westside.

Survivors include three daughters Janet Rose and her husband, Richard of Westside; Julie Kock and her husband, Ronald of Carroll; and Linda McCoid and her husband, Russell of Denison; one son, Lon Andersen and his wife, Mary of Des Moines; 12 grandchildren Barb Quandt; Pam Wilfing and her husband, Frank; Lori Eischeid and her husband, Rahn; Carla Ironside and her husband, Rick; Sheila Houston and her husband, Jeff; Lisa Greve and her husband, Tony; Jodi Pieper and her husband, Aaron; Brent McCoid and his wife, Jolie; Jason McCoid and his wife, Abby; Mindy McCoid; Christopher Andersen and his wife, Nicole; and Megan Andersen; 18 great-grandchildren; many relatives and friends.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lenus in 1996; one great-grandchild Tyler Quandt; six sisters Lena Jansen, Ella Steen, Alma Custer, Frieda Langbehn, Anna Mahnke and Ida Anthony; two brothers Henry Gruhn and Ed Gruhn.