Helga C. Swenson

Helga was born January 16, 1912 to Claus and Ellie Holm in Lesterville, SD. She attended rural schools in Lesterville and Yankton, SD. On September 10, 1932 she married Henry Swenson in Yankton. They lived in rural Felton and Borup, MN, and farmed from 1932 to 1939. In 1939 they moved to Scotland, SD, and later moved to Dilworth in 1944. Helga was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great great-grandmother. She was a homemaker and also worked for Curley's Caf? in Dilworth. She loved company and always had a coffee pot on for people to stop in and visit. She was a wonderful cook and loved to make doughnuts for her grandchildren. Helga is survived by a daughter, Elsie Bjorndahl of Dilworth; a sister, Dagney Hugh Stevenson of Scotland, SD; 8 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 12 great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry; son, Arnold; 3 daughters, Esther, Ethel and Hazel JoAnn Pierce; 4 brothers, Hans, George, Hilmar and Leif; 2 sisters, Signe Novak and Edith Evenson; and 2 great-grandchildren, Travis Pierce and Jay Branden. Helga's family would like to thank the Barnesville Good Samaritan Center for the care, love and support they gave them and Helga during the past 18 months she was a resident there.