Re: Harold Hellberg obit
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In reply to:
Harold Hellberg obit
Marsha Othoudt 9/24/12
Southern Illinoisan
Tuesday, July 27, 1976
page 18
HAROLD BROR HELLBERG
Harold Bror Hellberg, 60, of Route 6, Marion, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 26, 1976, in Marion Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Hellberg was a retired employe of the Norge Co., in Herrin. He also formerly worked as a coal miner.
He was born Jan. 16, 1916, in Mankato, Minn., to August Bror and Nettie Mae Othoudt Hellberg. He married Helen Garris in Marion, April 29, 1940.
He was a member of the International Association of Machinists Local 564 in Herrin.
A brother and two grandchildren preceded him in death.
Survivors are his wife; four daughters, Wilma Jean Fofar and Rossita Stapleton, both of Marion, Barbara O'Connor of Johnston City, and Roberta Carter of Fudgetown; three sons, Wayne of Marion, Harold Dean of Energy and Larry, at home; three sisters, Lillian Showers and Margaret Rushing, both of Collinsville and Violet Eldridge of Marion; 12 grandchildren and 15 step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Marion.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.