Helen Ilene Havens
1924 - 2012 (87 years)Person ID: I8220 "Hessevaag-Bakke" | Last Modified: 15 Apr 2022
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Name Helen Ilene Havens Gender Female Birth 24 May 1924 What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA 
Died 3 Apr 2012 Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA [1] Buried Fairview Cemetery, Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota, USA -
Family
Husband Robert James Ecklund (ID:I8219)
b. 20 Oct 1923, Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota, USA
d. 18 Jan 2006, Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota, USA (Age 82 years)
Children + 1. Sandra Kay Ecklund (ID:I8223)
b. 17 Oct 1943, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
d. 9 Apr 2010, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA (Age 66 years)▻ Marlin Roger Albers m. 29 Dec 1962+ 2. 
Mark James Ecklund (ID:I8222)
b. 12 May 1954, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
d. 8 Jan 2020, Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota, USA (Age 65 years)+ 3. Living (ID:I8221) -
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Event Map
Birth - 24 May 1924 - What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA 
Died - 3 Apr 2012 - Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA 
Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Kiester, Faribault County, Minnesota, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118371378/helen-ecklund.
Helen died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the home of her daughter Robbin Ecklund in Goodyear, Arizona. The daughter of John and Pearl Havens, Helen was born May 24, 1924 in What Cheer, Iowa. She moved with her family to the Kiester area as a young girl and attended school in Kiester. She lived in the Kiester area most of her life. Helen worked with her former husband Robert Ecklund in their family business Ecklund Trucking Company in Kiester. In later years she owned and operated Helen's Boutique on Main Street in Kiester. It was located in the former dime store building which was demolished in the 1990s as part of the Main Street renewal project. Helen was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Kiester. She is survived by her daughter Robbin Ecklund, her son Mark Ecklund, her sister Bernice King, her grandchildren Stacy Albers, Tami Janzig, Tia Grunst, Nichole Doherty and Taylor Ecklund and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preced in death by her parents, her daughter Sandra Albers, her grandson Dirk Albers, her sister Irene Holey, her former husband Robert Ecklund, two brothers-in-law and one niece.
