Helen V Derks

1917 - 2016  (99 years)

• Name	Helen V Derks
  Born	14 Jan 1917	Chippewa County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Died	07 Feb 2016	Stanley, Chippewa Co, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I236955	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	John Derks,   b. 08 Jun 1884, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin ,   d. 22 Oct 1965, Chippewa County, Wisconsin  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Petronella Gerrits,   b. 07 Apr 1884, Town of Vandenbroek, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 06 Jul 1975, Stanley, Chippewa Co, Wisconsin  (Age 91 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1904	St John Nepomucene Church, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F4076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albert J Zais,   b. 07 Oct 1914, Chippewa County, Wisconsin ,   d. 23 Jun 2001  (Age 86 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1935	Stanley, Chippewa Co, Wisconsin
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F155836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  BOYD/STANLEY — Helen V. Zais, 99, formerly of rural Boyd died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Our Lady of Victory Hospital, Stanley. She was born Jan. 14, 1917, to the late John and Nellie (Gerrits) Derks. Helen grew up in the area and married Albert Zais Oct. 15, 1935, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Stanley. The couple farmed in the town of Delmar for many years. Helen was a longtime member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church-All Saints Parish, St. Anne’s and Elizabeth’s Societies, the All Saints PCCW and the Marburn Club. She enjoyed making maple syrup and maple sugar, and was known as the “maple syrup queen.” Helen was a hard-working, fun-loving woman. She is survived by her four daughters, Delores Long of Stanley, and Carole (Tom Briggs) Peloquin, Pamela (Bruce) Licht and Beverly (Jim) Milas, all of rural Boyd; 13 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Albert, 2001; her parents; a son, in infancy, Albert Jr.; a son-in-law, Allan Long; and five sisters, Ann Wettstein, Mary Naset, Rozella Mahr, Cecelia Nadeau and Alice Raether. A funeral Mass will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Boyd, with Fr. William Felix officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at Plombon Funeral Home, Stanley.