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Helen Gertrude Bush Mendt

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Birth	:	6 Mar 1925 Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	16 May 2017
Burial	:	Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7360000, -95.6895000
Description	:	Helen Gertrude (Bush) Mendt, Age 92 from rural Cleghorn, IA died on May 16, 2017 at her home of natural causes. Helen was born on March 6, 1925 to Wilfred (Bill) and Louise Bush of rural Cleghorn, IA and was a sister to Wilmer Bush and Lela (Bush) Rose. Helen was one of the last generations to attend Iowa's one-room schools and walked, rode horses and caught buggy rides with cousins and friends to get there. She attended Cleghorn High School and Wilson High School in Cherokee, graduating there in 1942. On April 4, 1945 Helen married Emil O. Mendt... Read More	Helen Gertrude (Bush) Mendt, Age 92 from rural Cleghorn, IA died on May 16, 2017 at her home of natural causes. Helen was born on March 6, 1925 to Wilfred (Bill) and Louise Bush of rural Cleghorn, IA and was a sister to Wilmer Bush and Lela (Bush) Rose. Helen was one of the last generations to attend Iowa's one-room schools and walked, rode horses and caught buggy rides with cousins and friends to get there. She attended Cleghorn High School and Wilson High School in Cherokee, graduating there in 1942. On April 4, 1945 Helen married Emil O. Mendt in Trinidad, Colorado, a union that produced ten children and spanned 47 years until Emil's death. On June 16, 2000 she and Walter Anderson married and were together for 10 years until Walter's death. Helen was no stranger to work; she was a switchboard operator and waitress after high school, worked at Pratt & Whitney aircraft during WWII, farmed with her husband Emil, worked nights at Gregg Nursing Home and had a 20 year career at Cherokee Mental Health Institute as a supervisor. Helen taught religious education classes at Maryhill parish and upon retiring was active in Catholic Daughters of the America's, the L. A. Wescott VFW Auxiliary 2253, and paying weekly visits to residents in area nursing homes. Helen loved rural Iowa and spent the majority of her life in the Maryhill and Cleghorn area close to her many relatives and friends. She traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Mexico and Europe. Helen had a special devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus and visited Medjugorje in the Herzegovina region of Bosnia on three occasions. Helen also loved to host large family functions, garden, sew, quilt and spoil her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Helen was known for her kindness, her smile, her love of family and friends and for her famous shrug and grin when asked something she didn't want to answer. She enjoyed telling stories of growing up on the family farm during the great depression, and spent many visits recalling events from those times, usually bringing her guests to smiles and laughter. Helen is survived by her ten children Cynthia (Bob) Haselhoff of Aurelia, Patricia (Jim) Quinn of Spencer, Susan (Mick) Bakker of Cherokee, Marilyn Trout of Miramar Beach, FL, Maria (Jeff) Bowen of Aurelia, Guy (Kathy) Mendt of Windsor, CO, Heidi (Mark) Anderson of Marion, IA, Bernadette (Mike) Sandhoefner of Omaha, Denise Mendt of Cherokee, and Laura (Ron) Benefiel of Kansas City, MO, her 16 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Helen is predeceased by husbands Emil O. Mendt 1992 and Walter Anderson 2010, her bother Wilmer Bush 1973, her sister Lela (Bush) Rose 2009 and her parents Louise 1976 and Wilfred 1950.

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Helen Gertrude Bush Mendt's memorial is located at: Maryhill Visitation Church Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA.
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Latitude: 42.7360000
Longitude: -95.6895000

Family Members:

Parent

Wilfred John Bush

(1895 - 1950)

Louise Sophia Kirchoff Bush

(1897 - 1976)

Spouse

Emil O. Mendt

(1919 - 1992)

Siblings

Wilmer Bush

(1915 - 1973)

Lela MaryAnn Bush Rose

(1930 - 2009)

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