Helen M Durham
Daughter of David L Durham and Lenora Alice Gavin
Born 26 Nov 1923 in Elwood, Madison Co., Indiana
Died 12 Oct 1996 in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana
Married 28 Dec 1945 in [Madison Co.], Indiana to Don R Zimmerman
Born 10 Jan 1920 in Tipton, Tipton Co., Indiana
Died 01 Feb 1997 in Alexandria, Madison Co., Indiana
Notes
- Helen's age in the census records: in 1930, age 6.
- Obituary, Elwood Call-Leader, 14 Oct 1996, courtesy of Elwood Public Library:
Helen M. Zimmerman
Alexandria, Ind.–Helen M. Zimmerman, 72, 202 Chipaway Drive, Alexandria, died Saturday at Community
Hospital in Anderson.
Born Nov. 26, 1923 in Elwood, she was the daughter of David and Lenora Gavin Durham.
She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Tipton in 1941.
She was a member of Our Blessed Savior Lutheran Church in Alexandria and the Alexandria American Legion
Auxiliary.
She married Don R. Zimmerman, Dec. 28, 1945. He survives.
Others surviving include a son, Don Zimmerman of Elkhart; a daughter, Susan Foster of Alexandria; three
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Betty Quade and Dorothy Durham; and two brothers,
Harold and Eugene Durham.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Owens Funeral Home in Alexandria with Pastor Joseph
Stark III officiating. Burial will be in Park View Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Our Blessed Savior Lutheran Church through the funeral home.
Sources
- 1930 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Tipton Co.,
Madison Twp., E.D. 80-11, Sheet No. 6B [=116B], 141-141, 15 Apr 1930
- SSDI 316-12-1958