Richard Donovan Helgeson

When Richard Donovan Helgeson was born on March 9, 1926, in Thompson, Iowa, his father, John, was 38 and his mother, Gertrude, was 37. After returning from his US Army service in Germany during World War II, he married Mary Lois Patricia Wright on June 1, 1948, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. They had five children in 12 years. He died on May 22, 2006, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 80, and was buried in Denver, Colorado.