Person:Helen Fassett (1)

Quad-City Times, The (IA) - October 5, 2006

PROPHETSTOWN, Ill. - Helen R. Gentz, 92, of Prophetstown, Ill., died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, at the Prophets Riverview Good Samaritan Center, Prophetstown. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Prophetstown United Methodist Church. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time. Memorials may be made to either the United Methodist Church or the Prophets Riverview Center. The Gibson & Son Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Helen was born Feb. 11, 1914, in Prophetstown, the daughter of Earl G. and Ella (Echelbarger)) Fassett. She married Herman Gentz on April 4, 1936, in Lyndon Ill. He preceded her on Jan. 14 of this year. Helen was a graduate of Prophetstown High School, class of 1932 and attended the former Brown's Business College in Sterling, Ill. She was a member of the Prophetstown United Methodist Church and its Julia Circle, a Sunday school teacher, Cub Scout den mother and a member of the Tuesday Evening Club. Helen was a homemaker and her family was her greatest joy. Survivors included a daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Larry Blackert, Prophetstown; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Georgia Gentz, Byron, Ill.; grandchildren, LeAnn and Tara Blackert, Scott and Shari Gentz, Todd and Amy Gentz, and Troy and Carrie Gentz; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ruth Grumstrup, Clinton, Iowa.