Helen C. Ottenbacher

1930 - 2005  (74 years)

• Name	Helen C. Ottenbacher
  Born	9 Feb 1930	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Jan 2005	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	8 Jan 2005	Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I184686	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Wilhelm Ottenbacher,   b. 17 Apr 1887, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 15 Jan 1959, South Dakota, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Christina Heiser,   b. 5 Dec 1892, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1966, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1913	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F46284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Valentine Mettler,   b. 15 Apr 1929, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 2006, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	20 Jun 1948	South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Pamela Mettler   2. Ruby Mettler
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F46047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Mettler, Helen C. Eureka - Funeral service for Helen C. Mettler, 74, of Eureka will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, at Zion Lutheran Church at Eureka. The Rev. Dean Nelson and the Rev. Dianne Rood-Kiesz will officiate. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Eureka. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church. She died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at home. Helen C. Ottenbacher, daughter of William and Christina (Heiser) Ottenbacher was born on Feb. 9, 1930, on the family farm west of Eureka in Campbell County, S.D. This is where she grew up while attending country school. She helped on the family farm. Her family was very musical and she played the piano while her siblings played other instruments. She was united in marriage to Robert Mettler on June 20, 1948, in Hoffnungstahl Church near Artas, S.D. They made their home on the Mettler family homestead in a sod house for a short time. They were general farmers raising small grains and livestock. In the fall of 1969, they moved into Eureka. Helen had worked for three years at the Borscht Kettle and three years at the Luncheonette. In 1977, she started doing home health care for the state of South Dakota and continued until the mid-1980s. After retirement, she enjoyed making homemade noodles with her daughters and quilting with neighbors. Helen enjoyed polka music, word find games and playing cards. Time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were always very special moments in her life. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband of Eureka; two daughters, Pam (Keith) Zimmerman of Eureka and Ruby Beck of Artas; one brother, Alvin (Esther) Ottenbacher of Aberdeen; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Her parents preceded her in death. Honorary casketbearers will be her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Casketbearers will be Steve Ottenbacher, Gary Ottenbacher, James Ottenbacher, Elmer Ottenbacher, Clyde Ottenbacher and Dan Mettler. The family prefers memorials be made to American Diabetes Association, 4305 S. Louise Ave., Suite 205, Sioux Falls, SD 57106. Carlsen Funeral Home of Eureka has been entrusted with arrangements. Published in the Aberdeen News on 1/8/2005. [S558] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949. Name: Wilhelm Ottenbacher Age: 25 Gender: Male Spouse: Christine Heiser Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1913 Marriage County: McPherson County of Residence: McPherson Post Office: Eureka