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145. Helen HEIMLICH was born on 18 Jul 1923 in Lake Dalton, Wisconsin. She died on 2 Jul 1997 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois.⁽¹⁵¹⁾

Helen Garrelts

BUCKLEY - Helen L. Garrelts, 73, of Buckley, died Wednesday (July 2, 1997) at Covenant Medical Center, Urbana.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Buckley, and from noon Sunday until the 1 p.m. services at St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley, where she was a member. The Rev. Gunard Heikkila will officiate.
Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Buckley. Pallbearers will be Ron and Donnie Knuth, Mason Rodgers, Eddie Cleary, Mike Dow and Barry Schlickman. Honorary pallbearer will be Jeremy Garrelts.
Memorials may be made to St. John's Church, Loda Senior Citizens or a charity of the donor's choice.
She was born July 18, 1923 at Lake Dalton, Wis., the daughter of Paul and Alma Krumwiede Heimlich. Her parents are deceased.
She married Carl Knuth in 1940 at Buckley. He died in 1959.
Surviving are her second husband, Robert H. Garrelts, whom she married June 17, 1960 in Buckley; two daughters and four sons, Betty Cleary of Tempe, Ariz., Larry Knuth of Lake Iroquois, Loda, Donald Knuth and David Paul Garrelts, both of Loda, Robert H. Garrelts Jr. of Buckley and Linda Garrelts of Rantoul; 11 grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and one brother, Willard Heimlich of Prairie du Sac, Wis.; and one niece.
For a nunmber of years she was employed by Electronics and Switchcraft, both of Paxton, retiring from Switchcraft in 1984. She was a member of her church's Ladies Aide.

She was buried on 5 Jul 1997 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. ⁽²⁾ Section C, Row 25, Plot 73C, with her first husband. She had an estate probated 1997

She was married to Carl KNUTH (son of Christian KNUTH III and Hannah KOTTKE) on 24 May 1941 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois. Carl KNUTH was born on 27 Sep 1919. ⁽¹⁵³⁾ He died on 9 Apr 1959 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.

He was buried about 13 Apr 1959 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. ⁽²⁾ Section C, Row 25, Plot 73C Helen HEIMLICH and Carl KNUTH had the following children:

+377 i. Betty Lou KNUTH.
+378 ii. Larry Carl KNUTH.
+379 iii. Donald Lee KNUTH.

She was married to Robert GARRELTS (son of Henry GARRELTS and Viola HARTKE) on 17 Jun 1960 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois. Helen Heimlich and Robert Garrelts are third cousins once removed. Robert GARRELTS was born on 18 Oct 1932 in Loda, Illinois. ⁽¹⁵³⁾ Helen HEIMLICH and Robert GARRELTS had the following children:

380 i. Robert GARRELTS JR was born on 9 Feb 1961 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois.
+381 ii. David GARRELTS.
382 iii. Linda GARRELTS was born on 30 Dec 1963 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois.