Helen M. Meshke

Lake Crystal Mortuary 648 S. Main Street Lake Crystal, MN 56055 (507) 726-6161 Garden City homemaker Helen M. Meshke, 86, died April 8, 2015, at Laurel's Peak Center, Mankato, Minn., following a lengthy battle with dementia. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2015, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lake Crystal, the Rev. Robert Lund officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service, at the church on Monday. Burial will be in the Garden City Cemetery. Lake Crystal Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Helen was born June 30, 1928, in Morristown, to Charles and Dorothea (Bauer) Edwards. In 1946 she graduated from Morristown High School. She married Warren F. Meshke, her classmate, on June 22, 1948, in Morristown. Helen was a homemaker as Warren managed grain elevators and lumberyards in Minnesota and Iowa. They began farming in the Morristown area and later moved to Garden City where the couple operated a diversified crop and livestock farm. While living there, she worked for the nearby Smith's Berry Farm and, later, as a hostess at the Junction Inn restaurant. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Lake Crystal and the Ladies' Aid. She enjoyed her grandchildren, neighbors, baking, bingo, and taking day trips. Helen is survived by a daughter and her husband, Gayle and Richard McMonagle of Garden City; and a son and his wife, Blake and Sheryl Meshke of Lake Crystal; four grandchildren: Kristen (Phil) Lundberg of Moorhead; Josh McMonagle, Redwood Falls; Derek Meshke, Brookings, S.D.; Brent Meshke, Lake Crystal; and three great-grandchildren Ethan, Sara and Anna Lundberg. She is also survived by a son-in-law, Erik Wittmann, Franklin, N.C.; a sister, Rosella Stuemke, of Mankato; a sister-in-law, Lucille Meshke, of Faribault; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren; daughter, Tonia Wittmann; sister Lucille Fausch; and her parents.