HELEN WYNIA
Memorial visition for Helen “Welfl” Wynia will be held Saturday, September 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Services in Oakland. Interment will be at a later date in Springfield.
Helen “Welfl” Wynia was born May 2, 1928, to George and Helen (Fegenbush) Warrington in Springfield. She passed away August 24, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Hillside Villa in West Point, NE.
Helen attended school in Springfield, where she was crownedSeniorClassHomecoming Queen in 1947. After graduation, she went to college and received a Teaching Certificate and taught country school for two years.
Helen married Kenneth Welfl on April 9, 1949, and to this union were born a son, Reggy and a daughter, Holly.
Helen and Kenny farmed and raised cattle on bottom ground in Bon Homme County until the constructionof GavinsPointDam forced them to move to “higher ground”. They moved to Omaha in 1960. Helen held various jobs through the years. She retired from Kelloggs in 1995, after 24 years of packing those “2 scoops” of raisins.
HelenandKennymovedtoOakland in1995.Kennypassedawayin theOaklandNursingHomein1996.
On September 7, 2001, Helen marriedherhighschoolboyfriend, Jack Wynia and moved to a farm near Avon. Jack passed away in 2011 and Helen returned to her home in Oakland. In 2020, Helen movedtoSt.Joseph’sHillsideVilla, where she lived until her passing.
Helen was an avid sports fan. Baseball and football were her favorites. As a child they would gather around the radio to listen to the Brooklyn Dodgers. She loved farm life and helping work cattle. She enjoyed a little casino gambling and betting the “Ponies” at Aksarben in Omaha. She loved her family deeply and spending time with them was always special to her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Kenneth and Jack; sisters, Jana, Jelsma, CharlotteWelfl,DorothyMarker; brothers, Allan and Mervin.
She is survived by her son, Reggy (Alice) Welfl of Kennard; daughter, Holly (Jeff) Hurrell of Craig; stepdaughter, Diana (Patrick) Pohl of Lansing, MI, Judy Wynia of Vermillion, Dorothy (Rich) Dwyer of Harrisburg; stepson, Jay (Kari) Wynia of Dante; brother, Don (Vicki) Warrington of Omaha; sister-in-law, Marilyn Warrington of Springfield; 17 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; ten great great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.