Funeral services for Helen M. Sawyer will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, MN. Reverend Richard Sliper will officiate. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Monday, April 6, 2015 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale as well as one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery in rural Ellendale.
Helen M. Sawyer, age 86, of Ellendale passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at the New Richland Care Center. Helen was born on December 2, 1928 in Kenyon, MN to her parents, Selma and Palmer Berg. She left the Kenyon area at age 7 and moved to the community of Ellendale, MN, where she attended school until graduation. She became a member of First Lutheran Church in Ellendale.
On August 6th, 1950, Helen married Warren J. Sawyer. They raised two children together and were married for 57 years until Warren’s passing.Helen taught in sever school districts including Rochester, Geneva, and Ellendale. She was actively involved in the PTA, church circle, couples club, and card club. Helen enjoyed arts and crafts, painting ceramic, rosemaling, and singing in the church choir.
She is survived by her son, Mark Sawyer of Ellendale, MN; grandchildren, Nicole Loken (Dallas) of New Richland, MN and Eric Anderson (Lindsay) of Albert Lea, MN; great grandchildren, Dylan, Addison, Alexis, and Austin; and son-in-law, Donald Anderson of Ellendale, MN.
Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Warren; daughter, Julie Anderson; parents, Selma and Palmer Berg; and brothers-in-law, Chester Sawyer, Eugene Sawyer, and Floyd (DeLoyce) Sawyer.