other and farm wife. Helen and Bruno were active members of St. John's Lutheran Church where Helen had served as president of Ladies Aid and Bruno held offices and helped with the janitorial duties. They were also active in the community, where Helen was a Cub Scout Den Leader and Bruno, an assistant scoutmaster. Helen was a member and officer of the Malvern Band Parents and volunteered her nursing skills at the local American Red Cross Blood Bank. The family enjoyed traveling and Helen and Bruno eventually reached all 48 states and later enjoyed spending several winters in Arizona. Bruno retired from farming in 1981, and he and Helen moved to Glenwood, Iowa where Bruno worked as the maintenance person for their housing complex. They became members of Trinity Lutheran Church and Helen joined Dorcas Circle. In May of 2008, Helen and Bruno moved to Duff's Friendship Villa in Nebraska City, Nebraska. They had been there only a few days when Bruno passed away on May 23, 2008, at the age of 90 years. They had been blessed with 54 years of marriage. Helen continued to live in Nebraska City. She passed away on March 4, 2011 at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 27 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bruno; brothers, Charles Wheeler and wife Helen, and William "Bert" Wheeler; sisters, Jessie Wheeler, Beulah Inman and husband Herman, and Thelma McClurkin and husband Ernest "Mac"; and brother-in-law August Pontow. Helen is survived by her son Lawrence Leu and wife Dawn of Nebraska City, NE; grandchildren, Bryan Leu of Nebraska City, Brittany Leu of Omaha, NE, Whittney Kelley of Lincoln, NE, and Savannah Kelley of Nebraska City; sister Phyllis Pontow of Hastings, IA; sister-in-law Margaret "Peggy" Wheeler of Tabor, IA; nieces and nephews; many other relatives and friends.
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