Submitted by: Dan Rich
July 6, 1907-Dec. 13, 1994
South Bend Tribune 12/14/1994
SOUTH BEND - Helen M. Landen, 87, of
Fountainview Place, LaPorte, formerly of 1517 O'Brien St., died
at 9:52 p.m. Tuesday in LaPorte Hospital after an illness. Mrs.
Landen was a former employee of Studebaker Corp. as a clerical
worker. She was born July 6, 1907, in Donaldson, and was a
lifelong area resident.
On Sept. 11, 1926, in South Bend, as Helen
M. Baum, she married Ralph A. Landen. He survives with a
daughter, Patricia A. Strycker of LaPorte; a son, Tom G.
of South Bend; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
A son, James, died in 1989. She was a member of Central United
Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, African Violet Club;
past president of PTA of Marquette and Central School, PTA
Council of South Bend, Goodwill Womens Auxiliary; and a Sunday
school teacher for more than 40 years.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in
Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St. Burial will be in
Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made
to Goodwill Industries or Sunday School of the Air, P.O. Box 222,
South Bend, IN 46624.