LIEN FUNERAL HOME
Helen Sauer, 78, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at Avera Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, September 1, 2018 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Java, with Pastor Mary Lou Gruebele leading the service. Interment follows at the Church Cemetery. Musicians will be
Rhonda Strouckel and Clyde Bauman. Usher will be Earl Frank.
Funeral Home visitation commences 4:00 PM Friday with a 7:00 PM prayer service.
Helen Fay McDaniel, daughter of Thelma (Cooper) and Aussie Floyd McDaniel, was born June 23, 1940 at Hemet, CA. She was brought up in Bard, CA and attended school across the border in Yuma, AZ. After her junior year in high school she traveled to Java to visit her sister. She finished her schooling in Java, receiving enough credits in December 1958. Helen married Donald Sauer at Java on January 25, 1959. They settled on Don's farm 5 miles east and 3/4 of a mile south of Java. When her youngest child started school, Helen took a nurse's aide job at the Selby Good Samaritan Center and eventually became the activity coordinator. In the fall of 1986, she became the activity director at the Bowdle Nursing Home. Don died November 10, 2000 and Helen continued her employment at Bowdle for several years. Helen married Ronald Lundberg at Sisseton on July 1, 2008. They lived in Sisseton for one year and then relocated to Fargo, ND. Ronald died February 4, 2014 and since October 2016, Helen lived in Aberdeen. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Java and belonged to the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed quilting and loved flower gardening. She also loved dogs and for 20 years ran Alamo Kennel and raised puppies on the farm.
Helen is survived by two sons-Don (Noreen) Sauer, Jr. of Mobridge and Scott (Renita) Sauer of Aberdeen; two daughters-Debra (Brian) Johnson of Fargo and Kimberly (Terry) Simon of Aberdeen; and five grandchildren-Sam (Amanda) Sauer, Max (Josie) Sauer, Allie Sauer, Erica Sauer and Rebecca Simon.
In addition to Donald and Ronald, Helen was preceded in death by her father on December 27, 1985, her mother on June 21, 1978, two brothers (Donald and Sonny), and three sisters (Hazel Wolff, Norma Eytcheson, and an infant).
Casketbearers will be Ron Wolff and Bill Bauman of Bismarck, ND, Sam Sauer of Mobridge, Max Sauer of Brookings, Lance Bonen of Hosmer and Dan Wolff of Phoenix, AZ.
Please visit www.MillerLienFH.com to leave an online condolence or to view the tribute video.
Services are in care of Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle.
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