Funeral services for Helen Ewert, 83, of Menahga, Minnesota, will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning, February 11, 2015, at the Assembly of God Church in rural Menahga, Minnesota.
Interment will be in Sebeka West Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at Wevley Funeral Home in Sebeka, Minnesota, and one hour prior to the start of the funeral service at the church.
Helen Alice Ewert passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015.
She was born on November 6, 1931.
Survivors include her children, Carol (Jim) Flaming of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, as well as, Donna (Steve) Gode, Dale (Candi) Ewert and Lyle Ewert.
Arrangements are being handled by Wevley Funeral Home. The link to the funeral home’s web site is: http://www.wevleyfuneralhome.com/fh/home/home.cfm?&fh_id=12278.
Helen Alice Kathryn Ewert was born November 6, 1931, the daughter of Ernest and Bertha (Wilsterman) Koch in Sanborn, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in Zion Lutheran Church and graduated from high school at Sandborn.
On April 12,1950, Helen married Arden Ewert and they farmed near Comfrey, Minnesota and Delft, Minnesota.They owned and operated the Lamberton (Minnestoa) Stockyards, but eventually moved to Sebeka, where they bought and sold pigs and cattle until they retired.
Helen was known as the “chief bookkeeper” by her husband, with whom she worked side-by-side for 59 years. As well, they raised four children together.
Helen loved to garden, work with flowers, read, play Bingo and cribbage. Helen loved making stocking caps and through the years she gave a couple of thousand caps to school kids, and never wanted or accepted even a penny for them. She was also proud of the many quilts for the needy that she helped make with her church group. She also loved putting jigsaw puzzles together with her friends at the Assisted Living Home in Menahga.
Helen is survived by her children, Carol (Jim) Flaming of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, Donna (Steve) Gode of Sanborn, Dale (Candi) Ewert of Wadena, Minnesota and Lyle Ewert of Sebeka; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and seven foster grandchildren; sisters, Irene Weber and Evelyn Ekstrand; sisters-in-law, Mary Brietbarth and Betty Boulton; brothers-in-law, Perry (Carol) Ewert, Sidney (Marcella) Ewert and Bob Ewert.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arden; two sisters and four brothers.
