Marion Helmer's Obituary
Marion Helmer passed away on July 1, in Tacoma, WA.
She was born on April 19, 1926, in Gary, Indiana to Elizabeth and Nicholas Fiffles. She attended school in Tacoma and was a graduate of Stadium High School, after which she attended the University of Puget Sound where she pledged Lambda Sigma Chi sorority (later Alpha Phi) and was also a member of Theta Rho.
ln 1946, Marion married the love of her life, Robert Helmer, and they were together for 57 wonderful and precious years until his death in 2003.
Marion worked at the Pacific Naval Air Base in Lakewood and several auto agencies in Tacoma before going to work for the US Geological Survey where she completed 25 year before retiring as an editorial assistant. For the next 10 years, she and Bob commuted to Seattle daily to work at the store owned by her husband, Helmers Auto Parts, before she retired again.
Marion had 3 children: Nicholas Helmer, Tacoma, Linda (Mike) Adrianse, Des Moines, lA and Robert Helmer Jr, Kelso, WA. Additional family includes 7 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert and her son Robert Jr.
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