Vernon Helm

Vernon Helm, 86, Har-

vey, ND died Monday Oc-

tober 7, 2019 at the St.

Aloisius Hospital, Harvey.

Funeral services will be

at 10:30 a.m. Saturday Oc-

tober 12 at St. Cecilia

Catholic Church, Harvey,

ND.

Visitation will be from 4

p.m. to 7 p.m. with a

Prayer Service beginning

at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oc-

tober 11 at the Hertz Fun-

eral Home, Harvey, ND.

Burial will be in the North

Dakota Veterans

Cemetery, Mandan on

Monday, Oct. 14 at 11

a.m.

Vernon Ervin Helm was

born on May 15, 1933

near Coal Mine Lake

south of Martin, ND. He

was the son of Ervin and

Wilhelmina “Minnie”

(Reichenberger) Helm. At

the age of 12 Vern moved

with his family to a farm

in Berlin Township. He

attended rural school. As

a young man he helped

his father with the family

farming operation.

Vern married Delores

Muscha on October 6,

1953 in Harvey. They

lived and farmed south of

Martin. He enlisted in the

Army in 1954 and was

stationed in Hawaii. His

wife and son Doug joined

him there in 1955. He was

honorably discharged in

1956 and the family re-

turned to a farm south of

Martin.

He farmed there for 27

years. Vern also worked

on various jobs for the

Sheridan County ACS of-

fice. He helped organize

SHERCO Trucking, a Na-

tional Farming Organiza-

tion Coop and serviced

the trucks.

They moved to Harvey

in 1986. He began work-

ing at the Harvey Golf

Course and was head

groundskeeper for many

years. Vern and Delores

established and managed

the Penny Pinchers Store

in Harvey. He attended

many auction sales in

search of merchandise for

the store. He also drove

school bus for Martin and

Harvey schools for 26

years.

Vernon was an avid

hunter and outdoorsman.

He built a hunting cabin

on his land called the

Prairie Sunset Inn. He

planted trees, raised

pheasants and practiced

conservation and game

management.

Vernon was a member

of the St. Cecilia Catholic

Church and served as a

trustee and on the church

council. He helped with

several church renova-

tions. He also served on

the Martin Township

Board; Martin School

Board; was a member of

Oswald Wohl VFW Post

in Anamoose; and the

Knights of Columbus

Council; Wells Eagles

Aerie 3080, Rural Fire

Department all of Harvey.

In 1965 He was recog-

nized as the Jaycees

“Outstanding Farmer of

The Year” and in 1979 he

received the Soil Conser-

vation Award in Sheridan

County.

Vernon is survived by:

his wife, Delores, of Har-

vey; son, Doug (Toni) of

Harvey; daughters, Leilani

(Paul) Bienek and Karla

(Earl) Snyder all of

Bismarck; 6 grandchil-

dren, Ronda Meyer,

Cheryl Helm, Lindsey

Tooley, Shannon Knut-

son, Christi Beauchamp

and Brandon Snyder; 14

great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents;

granddaughter, Jessica

Helm; sisters, Eunice

Opp, Marlene Hauser, Lil-

lian Breckel, Lois Stuber;

brother, Glen Helm.

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