Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:56 pm
Helen Havel, 99, of Calmar, died Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m., Friday, April 13, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial was in the church cemetery. Visitation was from 9 a.m. until the time of service at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar Friday morning.
Helen Marie (Svoboda) Havel was born April 9, 1919, to James and Mary (Moudry) Svoboda in Cresco. Helen attended and graduated from grade school in Cresco. Helen married Arnold Havel June 18, 1940, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin. After several years they started Havel Plumbing and Heating where Helen worked as the bookkeeper until their retirement in 1980. She enjoyed gardening, cooking (Kolaches were her specialty), needlework and crafts, bus tours, playing bingo and most of all her family.
Helen’s survivors include her two sons, Larry (Marcia) Havel, Osage and Robert (Sara) Havel, Fairfax; 10 grandchildren: Todd (Brenda) Havel, Troy (Kori) Havel, Jeff (Jessie) Havel, Kris (Kip) Peters, Melissa (Darin) Tussler, Jason (Michelle) Havel, Lisa Havel, Stacy (Brad) Bell, Tracy (Dan) Klees and Jenny Havel; 27 great-grandchildren: Tyler, Collin, Kelsey, Nathan, Travis, Shannon, Lewis, Braylon, Blayze, Brynley, Brianna, Maggie, Drew, Kaile, Bryson, Katheryn, Allison, Liberty, Delaney, Danielle, Caeden, Jillian, Lauren, Taylor, Jacob, Jaliea and Jackson; four sisters: Irene Cervenka, Fort Atkinson; Gertrude Boddicker, Blairstown; Mary Ann (Bob) Bader, Protivin; Agnes (Ronald) Dostal, Protivin.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold; parents, James and Mary (Moudry) Svoboda; son, Charles Havel; three brothers: Raymond (Mary) Svoboda, James Svoboda and Bernard Svoboda; sister, Alice Svoboda; brothers-in-law: Leonard Cervenka, David Boddicker, Richard (Carolyn) Havel and John (Alice) Havel; two great-grandchildren, Alex and Dominic; father and mother -in-law, John and Agnes (Barloon) Havel.
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