Helen Enger
Helen Enger, 98, of Hatton, N.D., died on Tuesday, May 17, at the Hatton Prairie Village. She was the mother of Sharon Pieschel of Springfield.
Helen Emma Kanton was born January 6, 1918, to Joseph and Emma Kantor in Waskish, Minn. The family moved to International Falls where she attended school and graduated from International Falls High School. She attended St. Olaf College ad earned her Bachelor of Science in Food Science from the University of Minnesota. Helen interned at the University of Oklahoma Hospital and graduated as a registered dietician and worked as a dietician at Sunnyrest Sanatorium in Crookston. He married Filmore Enger in 1941. They lived in Crookston before moving to Sharon, N.D., where they farmed for 10 years. Filmore worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and they lived in various communities. In 1959 they settled in Lodi, California, where Filmore was the agricultural loan manager for the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Central California.
In each community where they lived, Helen was actively involved in church and community activities as well as PTA and Scouting functions. The couple enjoyed traveling and went by car to 49 states and flew to Hawaii to complete their goal to see the U.S. They also visited many European countries including Russia. When Filmore was no longer able to travel, Helen enjoyed trips with her daughter, Deborah, to Israel, Egypt, Ecuador and Peru.
In 1987, Helen and Filmore returned to farming in Hatton and settled into the home where Filmore grew up. In 2006, Helen moved into the assisted living at Hatton Prairie Village, and in January 2015 to the care community where she continued to enjoy life to the fullest.
Helen is survived by her children, Filmore (Kathleen) Enger of Edina, Deborah (Robert) Enger of St. Croix, Wendy (Kirk) Gibson of St. Charles, Ill., and Sharon (Paul) Pieschel of Springfield; 12 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2000 after 59 years of marriage.
Funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at the Hatton Prairie Village Chapel in Hatton. Burial was in the Little Forks Cemetery in Hatton.