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Obituary of Helene Conger
Longtime Burlington, Colorado resident, Helene Wilhelmina Sophia Conger, passed away March 14, 2006 at the Grace Manor Care Center in Burlington. She was 92 years old.
Helene was born November 27, 1913 in Hanover, Kansas to Theodor Karl Dietrich Rateuke and Anna Sophia Dorothea Steffens. She was one of eight children.
Helene attended grade school in Lanham, Kansas. In 1927, Heleneâs father and mother moved to a farm south of Burlington. Helene and her siblings stayed in Lanham to finish the school year. In the spring, they then also moved to the farm south of Burlington. Helene then attended high school in Burlington, and graduated with the class of 1931.
On March 9, 1940 Helene married Harley Conger in Sharon Springs, Kansas. To this union four children were born; Shirley, Carole, Pete and Harley, Jr.
Helene was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Burlington, and attended there until her health failed and would not permit it. She was also a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary in Stratton.
Helene is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harley, three brothers, four sisters, one son-in-law Wayne Sherer and one great grandson Loyd Whipple.
She is survived by two sons Pete Conger and his wife Marjorie of Burlington, Harley Jr. and his wife Alice of Renton, Washington; two daughters Shirley Conger and Carole Sherer both of Burlington.
Funeral services for Mrs. Conger were held on Monday, March 20, 2006 at 10:30 AM at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Burlington with Pastor Bill Viergutz officiating. Burial followed in the Fairview Cemetery in Burlington. Visitation was held on Sunday, March 19, 2006 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Love Funeral Home in Burlington.
Memorials may be made in Heleneâs name to the Trinity Lutheran Church in Burlington and may be left at the Bank of Burlington in Burlington.
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