Helen A. Zimmerman

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE | Helen A. Zimmerman, 94, formerly of South Sioux City, died Sunday, Oct. 18th at Heritage of Emerson in Emerson, NE. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel, 6200 Morningside Ave. in Sioux City. A private family burial will be at a later date in Crofton, NE. Visitation will be the hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Helen Arlene Zimmerman, 94, passed away October 18, 2015, at a nursing home in Emerson, Nebraska. Helen was the daughter of Otto and Mahala Nelson, born October 24, 1920, on a farm near Bloomfield, Nebraska. She graduated from Bloomfield High School and then taught in a country school until she married Robert "Bud" Zimmerman. They lived in northeast Nebraska most of their lives, where Bud worked as a mechanic and in road construction. Six children were born to them during their forty-two-year marriage: three sons and three daughters. Helen devoted her life to raising her children, while also working at various jobs and volunteering at the Lutheran church. Helen loved children, especially babies. She delighted in each new grandchild and great grandchild as they came along. She enjoyed crocheting afghans for the kids and grandkids, embroidering dish towels, and playing cards and board games. Helen had a close relationship with her extended family as well, and her rolls, pies, and chicken and noodles were legendary at family reunions. Helen is survived by her children, Lonnie Zimmerman, Carolyn Severson, Thomas Zimmerman, Cheryl Rife, and Sheila Christiansen, and twelve grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, and an infant son, Larry. Memorial donations may be sent in her name to her church, First Lutheran Church, 3601 Dakota Ave, So. Sioux City, Nebraska 68776.