Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Helen Margaret Archambault

Sept. 12, 1922 - Nov. 19, 2002

 

South Bend Tribune 11/24/2002

Helen Margaret Archambault, 80, of Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of South Bend and New Carlisle, Ind., died on Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Health South Hospital-Tenaya, Las Vegas. She had lived at Chicago Trail Village for the past several years until recently, moving to Las Vegas. Helen was born Sept. 12, 1922, in Brems, Ind., to Harvey William and Gertrude Violia (Allen) Shei.

 

On Nov. 21, 1940, she married Matthew Hagedorn, who died in World War II. She was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Shei; and by two sisters, Mary Farling and Ielene Higgenbothan. On March 21, 1946, in Granger, Ind., she married Cletus B. Archambault, who also preceded her in death Nov. 22, 1981. The couple resided in Roseland all their life. Helen was employed for many years as assistant innkeeper at the Holiday Inn in Roseland.

 

She is survived by three sons, Robert Carl Archambault of St. Joseph, Mich., Cletus B. Archambault of Arlington Heights, Ill., and James M. Archambault of Las Vegas; and by six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren from South Bend, Louisville, Ky., and Las Vegas.

 

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, with Rev. Edgar D. Erskin officiating. Burial will follow at New Carlisle Cemetery, New Carlisle. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.