Helen E. Chapin, 84, Luverne, formerly of Hardwick, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Wednesday, Jan. 29, at First Baptist Church in Luverne. The Rev. Rick Cornish officiated. Burial was in Luverne Memorial Gardens, rural Luverne.
Helen Moe was born to Carl J. and Petra (Peterson) Moe, Hardwick, on March 24, 1918, in the home where she was raised and continued to live until moving to Luverne Centennial Apartments in 1991. She graduated from Pipestone High School.
She married Hubert Chapin on Aug. 20, 1939, in Our Savior’s Lutheran parsonage.
Mrs. Chapin was a member of First Baptist Church in Luverne for more than 60 years. She enjoyed handcrafts, sewing, knitting and cooking and canning the produce from her husband’s big garden.
Survivors include four sons, Daniel Chapin, Fremont, Neb., David (Mary) Chapin, Kings Mountain, N.C., Dean (Sally) Chapin, Minneapolis, and Paul (Shelley) Chapin, Worthington; four daughters, Carole (Robert) Swanson, Maple Grove, Diana (James) Ouverson, Luverne, Joyce (Kevin) Bottorff, Rolla, Mo., and Janice (Bill) Jaworski, Bloomington; 25 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Chapin was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Hubert, on Jan. 3, 2003, three sons, Ralph, Glenn and Carl Sr., two grandsons, Mark Chapin and Michael Swanson, one great-grandson, Alex Chapin and one brother, Ed.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.