Helen Kixmiller

Helen Ann Kixmiller, one of two daughters of Asmus and Emma (Hollagerstetter) Kluever was born near Schleswig, Iowa on January 5, 1917. Helen was baptized at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1917 and confirmed in 1931 on Palm Sunday. Helen attended school at Schleswig and then met Carl Wesley Kixmiller of Carson, Iowa. Helen and Carl were married at Schleswig on February 9, 1934. They made their home on a farm north of Carson, and were blessed with their son Richard. Helen enjoyed her role as a homemaker and her family became members of the Carson United Methodist Church. In 1957, Carl retired from farming and he and Helen moved into Carson, where Helen watch area children during the day. Helen and Carl had been married 53 years when Carl died on March 15, 1987. Helen continued to live at their home in Carson, and enjoyed attending the many different church functions. She loved to play cards, especially with her sister Clara and to joke and kid around with people. Helen's health forced her to move the Ashland Care Center in Ashland, Nebraska in September of 2003.
Helen died at the St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 12, 2003, having attained the age of 86 years, 11 months, and 12 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Carl, and her sister Clara Wonder. Helen is survived by her son Richard Kixmiller and his wife Mamie of Omaha, NE; granddaughter Lora Metzler and her husband Joseph of Elkorn, NE; great granddaughter Angela Kernes, her husband Bill and their children Jesse, Ashley, and Nicholas all of Omaha, and great grandson Billy Metzler of Omaha; nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.