Helen Eda WENDT

1934 - 2013  (78 years)

• Name	Helen Eda WENDT
  Birth	16 Feb 1934	Aitkin County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1934-00010
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2013-MN-001980
  Death	15 Jan 2013	Crow Wing County, Minnesota
  	St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd
  Burial	Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Minnesota
  	cremated
  Notes	Helen E. Smith, 78, of Baxter, died Jan. 15, 2013, at Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter with Lilja Behr officiating. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior. Interment at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley. Memorials preferred to Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter or the Diabetic Resource Center at Essentia Health–St. Joseph’s Medical Center (524 North St., Brainerd, MN 56401). Helen was born Feb. 16, 1934 and grew up in Aitkin, Minn. She graduated from Aitkin High School. On a blind date she met her sweetheart Max Smith and fell in love. They were married in 1954 and started their family in Plymouth. After raising four children, Helen worked for Nortronics and as an apartment manager in Maple Grove. After retiring Helen and Max moved North to Sugar Lake, Minn., and wintered in St. Augustine, Fla. In 2004, they moved to Baxter to be closer to family. All along the way she established life-long friendships. Helen was always a happy person and cherished her family and friends; she shared her love by baking and cooking for them often. She also enjoyed painting. Helen is survived by sister, Edna (Bill) Everson, of Baxter; children, Larry (Cindy), Greg (Laura), Jeff (Myrtice), and Barb (Scott); grandchildren, Blair, Kelby, Jamie, DevonLee, Ashley, Chelsey, and Gabrielle; and great-grandchildren, Emma and Shayla. Helen was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Max; parents, Edwin and Elizabeth Wendt; and her sister, Hazel Anderson.
  Person ID	I4699	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Edwin Frank WENDT,   b. 6 Sep 1905, Ross Lake, Crow Wing County, Minnesota d. 31 Jan 1971, Crow Wing County, Minnesota (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BANKS,   b. 31 Dec 1910, Kentucky d. 25 Jan 1973, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1931	Crow Wing County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Max Lionel James SMITH,   b. 8 Aug 1928, Jeffers, Cottonwood County, Minnesota d. 1 Sep 2012, Crow Wing County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1954	Aitkin County, Minnesota
  	MOMS has the date as May 23rd
  Family ID	F3691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2010