Helma Pauline Hanson was born February 14, 1914, to Peter and Hilda Vold of Hazel Run, Minnesota. She was baptized and confimred in the Hazel Run Lutheran Church. On June 13, 1936, she married Alton Hanson of Clarkfield. To this union three daughters were born, Marlene, Virginia, and LaVonne. Helma and Tony lived on the Hanson farm until one year after Tony's death, when she moved into Clarkfield. She lived her entire life in the Clarkfield area. She was employed at the Clarkfield Care Center for 23 years as an Aide. She loved music and enjoyed playing her organ for family and friends. Among her other hobbies were crocheting and embroidery. She left many products of her handy work. On July 30, 1993, she passed away at the Clarkfield Care Center, at the age of 79. She leaves to mourn, her daughters: Marlene and husband, Richard Silver of Starbuck, Minnesota; Virginia and husband, Eldon Swenson of Bloomington, Minnesota; and granchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters: Esther Jacobson of Hazel Run, Minnesota; and Theresa Dyrdahl of Clarkfield Care Center, Clarkfield, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her husband: Alton J.; daughter LaVonne Awes; and three grandchildren: Greg Silver, Jeffrey and Lori Swenson; two brothers: John and Leonard Vold. Blessed be the memory of Hilma to all of us. Funeral Service: Tuesday, August 3, 1993 11:00 a.m., Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota Officiant: Pastor Iler P. Anderson Organist: Karen Donner Soloist: Ross Riecke "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" "Now I Belong to Jesus" "Mansion Over the Hilltop" Casketbearers: Steven Negaard, Peter Silver, Steve Nuetzman, Paul Silver, Mark Swenson, Daniel Fatland Final Resting Place: Clarkfield Lutheran Cemetery ,Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota This Poem and Verse were found in Helma's Bible Peace when days are glad and golden, Peace when sorrows make them gray, Peace when health is ever splendid Peace if it should slip away. Peace when friends are fine and loyal Peace if any prove untrue Whatsoever life may bring you, May the Lord give 'peace' to you. "Thou, wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee." Isiah 26:3 Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota