Helen M. Tauferner

Name: Visitation
Start: 08/24/2016 04:00 AM
End: 08/24/2016 08:00 PM
Location: Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service

April 26, 1923 — August 21, 2016

Helen M. Tauferner, 93, of Sheboygan, passed away Sunday morning, August 21, 2016 at the Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center.
Born in Sheboygan on April 26, 1923, Helen was the daughter of the late Henry and Florence Gieger Schwebel. She attended local schools in the Sheboygan area. On June 25, 1949, she married Martin Tauferner in Sheboygan.
Helen enjoyed going on bus trips and watching television, especially the Hallmark channel. She especially enjoyed the visits from her grandchildren. Helen was a loyal member of St. Dominic Catholic Church where she was a past member of the Christina Mothers Society and Apostolate of the Suffering. She had a very strong faith in God, reading the Bible and saying the rosary daily.
Survivors include her children, Linda (James) Janik, Wheaton, IL, Richard and Gary, both of Sheboygan; her grandchildren, Amy Beth and Andrew Janik, Wheaton, IL; her sisters-in-law, Marie Schwebel, Sheboygan and Carolyn Tauferner, Kerrville, TX; brothers-in-law, Vic Pautz and Robert Simonsmeier; and special family friend, Randy Dergantz. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Martin, and daughter, Betty Tauferner, her sisters, Evelyn Rakow and Dolores Saba; her brothers, William and Joseph Schwebel, her nephew, David Saba, sisters-in-law, Marilyn Pautz, Viola Burkhardt and Joyce Simonsmeier; and her brothers-in-law, Lee Tauferner, Robert Rakow and Joe Saba.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at St. Dominic Catholic Church, 21st & Geele Avenue. Fr. Richard Cerpich will celebrate the Mass. Family and friends are welcome at the Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. with a Parish Rosary being offered by her son, Richard, at 6:30 p.m., and again on Thursday at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the time of Mass. Interment will take place in Calvary Cemetery.
A heartfelt thank you is extended to Dr. Michael Johnson, his nurse Vicky and the entire staff of Sheboygan Internal Medicine. Also, to Dr. Rana Sokhi and his nurses for the excellent care they gave Helen and to Betsy McCool at the St. Nicholas Hospital Wound Center, St. Nicholas Hospital and Aurora Sheboygan Medical Center for their compassion and care that was given to Helen. The family would like to thank Randy Dergantz, Vic Pautz, Anna Fergades, Wallace Jeske, Jr., Dolores Comins, Pat and Bill Papendieck and to Ceil Mondloch for their friendship through the years. Helen cherished this and the family cannot thank you enough for all of this.
Helen was very honored and proud that her son Gary could retire early in his life, so he could take care of all her medical and personal needs. She would brag that she had her own personal doctor and nurse on hand.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in her name.
The Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service has been entrusted with Helen's arrangements.

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