Helen A. Howard

Helen A. Howard, 94, of Emerson, died Monday, August 10, 2020.  Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 13, 2020 at Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Omaha Valley Cemetery in Homer, Nebraska.

Helen was born the daughter of Edward and Mary (Hassman) O’Shaughnessy on March 26, 1926 in Sioux City, Iowa.  She graduated from Homer High School in 1944.  She married Gerald “Jerry” Howard on September 9, 1945.  He passed away September 4, 2001. 

Helen ran a beauty salon in Homer for many years until the family moved to Creighton, Nebraska.  She retired from the Neligh Care Center in Neligh after serving as their activities director.  She was a woman of many talents and loved her family unconditionally.

Helen is survived by her daughters, Juanita (Richard) McCabe of Emerson, Jeanine (Larry) Grove of Hubbard, and Brenda (Jay) Berlin of Wisner; grandchildren, Chet McCabe, Sara (Jeff) Vaydich, Laura (Darrell) DeFord, L. Daniel (Carrie) Grove, Lee Ann (Cherie) Grove, Craig (Lacey) Wheeler, Victoria (Patrick) Callaway, Garett Wheeler, Tristin Lowry-Berlin, and Jaden Berlin; 10 great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Joan Howard.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerry; siblings, Frank (Viola) Donnelly, Mary (Walter) Rasmussen, Edward (Zella) O’Shaughnessy, and Margaret (Alfred) Jessen; sister-in-law, Opal (Fred) Matney and brother-in-law, Marvin Howard.