Submitted by: Dan Rich

Geri L. Helling

July 1, 1925 - Oct. 24, 1995

South Bend Tribune 10/25/1995

SOUTH BEND - Geri L. Helling, 70, of 17344 Fergus Drive, died at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in her home after an illness. Mrs. Helling was born July 1, 1925, in Elwood City, Pa., and lived in South Bend since 1952.

On Jan. 13, 1951, in Elwood City, as Geri L. McDevitt, she married Joseph Helling. He survives with two daughters, Cindy Chandler of Osceola and Nancy Gargula of Indianapolis; a son, Doug of Cary, N.C.; five grandchildren; her mother, Martha McDevitt of Elwood City; a sister, Marilyn Wiltrout of Elwood City; and three brothers, Donald McDevitt, Allen McDevitt, and Larry McDevitt, all of Elwood City. A son, Joseph, died in 1981. She was a member of Women's Society and Women's Auxiliary, both of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Granger, a member of Indiana State Bar Association Auxiliary, St. Joseph County Bar Association Auxiliary, Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, and was a volunteer for the Family & Children's Center, Mishawaka.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the church. Entombment will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, where the parish rosary will be said at 7:45 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.