Helen Marie Garbacz Boike
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Helen Marie Boike 94, of Bloomington, Indiana passed peacefully from this life on Tuesday, January 19 2021 at her residence, Garden Villa. Helen was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 8, 1926 to Joseph and Victoria Garbacz.
As a young woman she left the family farm in Weyerhauser, Wisconsin and moved to Chicago where she met and married her husband of nearly 50 years, Richard Robert Boike. She and "Dick" had two daughters who they raised in Chicagoland. Later they moved where Dick's work took them, eventually settling in Bloomington, Indiana to be near their daughter, Debbie and her family. Helen remained in the area after Dick died in 1996.
Helen was the second to the youngest of eight children: Anne, Estelle, Stephen, Stanley, Frank, Frances and Mike all of whom predeceased her. She was also predeceased by her son-in-law, Bill Cobb.
She is survived by her daughters, Debbie (Gary) Kuhlenschmidt and Sandra Cobb, four grandchildren, Blake (Colleen) Kuhlenschmidt, Megan Kuhlenschmidt, Bill (Nikki) Cobb III, and Colleen Bridget Cobb, and two great grandchildren, Jordan Zoe Cobb and Caroline Cobb.
Rite of Christian Burial will be held at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 11:00 AM, after which Helen will be interred beside her husband at Valhalla Memory Gardens. Chandler Funeral Home in Ellettsville is assisting with arrangements. Share condolences, memories and more with Helen's family at www.chandlerfh.com