Helen Bateman, 96

March 6, 1923 —

March 16, 2019

 

CRESCO - Helen M. Bateman, age 96, of Cresco, Iowa passed away on March 16, 2019, at Accura HealthCare in Cresco.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Notre Dame Catholic Church on Saturday, March 23, 2019, at 11 a.m., with Father Dennis Cain officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 22, 2019, from 4-7 p.m. at Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco and will continue at the church for one hour prior to the service on Saturday. 

Helen Marguerite Lienhard was born on March 6, 1923, in Davenport, Iowa to Walter and Ida (Schorr) Lienhard. She married Walter Bateman in Hattiesberg, Miss. on March 27, 1945. To this union seven children were born, John, Paul, Ruth, David, Thomas, Kathryn and Steven. 

Helen served as the Howard County Treasurer for 18 and one-half years. She enjoyed bowling, volunteering, scrapbooking, writing letters, photography, flowers and researching family history. She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Hospital Auxiliary and the Genealogy Society.

Helen is survived by her children, John Bateman of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, David (Suzanne) Bateman of West Bend, Wis., Thomas (Mary) Bateman of Waterloo, Iowa, Kathryn Bateman of Cresco and Steven (Cheryl) Bateman of Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Barbara Bateman of Newport, Wash.; son-in-law, Bill Bruner of Rochester, Minn.; 15 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; siblings, Madonna Davis of Bloomington, Minn., Donald (Arlene) Lienhard of Waterloo, Neil (Sarah) Lienhard of California and Loren Lienhard of Cresco; and sisters-in-law, Grace Lienhard of Johnston, Iowa and Carol Lienhard of Cresco.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter in 1996; son, Paul Bateman; daughter, Ruth Bruner; brothers, Robert “Bob” Lienhard, Travis Lienhard and Gary Lienhard; grandson, Michael Bateman; brother-in-law, James Davis; and sister-in-law, Dolly Lienhard.

Online condolences may be left at www.Hindtfuneralhomes.com .