Age 89
Richmond
April 26, 1909 – March 29, 2008
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Richmond, MN for Helena “Lena” Meemken, age 89, who died Saturday at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Sauk Rapids. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Relatives and friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Wenner Funeral Home in Richmond. Parish prayers will be at 4:00 p.m. followed by a rosary with the Golden Smiles Senior Citizens, Christian Women and Catholic Aid Association on Tuesday evening.
Lena was born in Collegeville Township, MN to Robert and Mary (Roske) Kalla. She married Herman Meemken on June 4, 1935 in St. John’s Abbey Church, Collegeville, MN. The couple moved to the Richmond area after their marriage where she lived until 1989, when she moved to the Good Shepherd Apartments. On July 11, 2007 she moved to the Good Shepherd Nursing Home at the age of 98. One of her greatest joys was fishing for food and in her later years, for enjoyment. Lena did a lot of gardening work and quilt making. She also enjoyed playing cards and bingo. Lena prayed many rosaries daily; especially for the past 25 years. She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Parish, Christian Women and Catholic Aid Association.
Survivors include her children, Orville (friend, Margie Olsen) of Litchfield, twins Julitta (Ken) Malikowski of St. Cloud and Coletta (Jim) Legatt of Fridley, Walter (Ione) of Richmond; grandchildren, Mark Legatt (friend, Kathy Mulier), Maria (Tim) Taft, Kristi (James) Flury, Kevin (Jennifer) Legatt, Jodi (John) Scanlon, Jason (Anna) Malikowski, Leon, Terry and Michelle Meemken; great-grandchildren, Mollie and Maxwell Taft, Calvin Flury, Owen and Liam Scanlon and Emma Legatt.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman (July 6, 1985); parents; daughter-in-law, Rosemary Meemken; all her siblings, Clara, John, Amelia, Joe, Veronica, Roman, Dorothy, Tom, Mary, Robert, Ann and Charlotte; twin infant grandsons.
A heartfelt thank you to all the ‘special’ people at the Good Shepherd Home who took such good care of Helena.
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