Services for Lorraine Hellwig will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, S.D. Burial is in Flowerfield Cemetery, Hills. Visitation begins at 6 p.m. Friday, June 18, at the funeral home with the family present from 6 to 7 p.m. At 7 p.m. a prayer service will be conducted by the VFW Post 628 Women’s Auxiliary. Lorraine E. Hellwig, 85, Sioux Falls, formerly of Hills, died Saturday, June 12, 2004, at Avera Prince of Peace Nursing Home in Sioux Falls. Lorraine Wikle was born to Chester and Lillian (Timm) Wikle on Aug. 16, 1918, in the family sod house at Esmond, S.D. Her father was the town blacksmith and her mother was a teacher. They lived in the area until 1928, when the family moved to Sioux Falls. She attended Mark Twain Elementary. She graduated from Washington High School in 1937. She began working as a clerk at Sunshine Foods in Sioux Falls. She married Arthur Hellwig on Jan. 20, 1941, in Rock Rapids, Iowa. In December 1941, Mr. Hellwig enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in the South Pacific. During his deployment, she moved to Baltimore, Md., where she worked as a sales associate in a department store. She later moved to Chicago, Ill., and worked as a secretary for a pen company. In 1945, her husband returned from the war and they relocated to Long Beach, Calif., where she was a homemaker. The family moved back to Sioux Falls in 1948. She continued to work as a homemaker until 1966 when she went to work as a bookkeeper at the family auto body shop.Mrs. Hellwig was a member of VFW Post 628 Women’s Auxiliary, serving as president in 1975-1976 and district president in 1976-1979. She served as president of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs and was a volunteer representative of the VFW Women’s Auxiliary at Royal C. Johnson VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, serving more than 3,000 hours. She enjoyed being a seamstress, crocheting and knitting tablecloths and doilies for family members. Survivors include three sons, David Hellwig, Brandon, S.D., Dennis (Fran) Hellwig, New Hope, and Darryl Hellwig, Lake Preston. Mrs. Hellwig was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Arthur, three brothers, Forrest, Glenn and Keith Wikle, and one sister, Leona.George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, is in charge of arrangements.
