Helen Freitag, 89, of Bowman, ND, formerly of Scranton, ND died on December 7, 2011 at the Southwest Healthcare Long Term Center in Bowman.

Funeral Services for Helen will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Peace Lutheran Church in Scranton. Pastor Mary Peterson will officiate with burial to follow in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Scranton. Visitaion will be held at the Krebsbach/Kulseth Funeral Home beginning on Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Helen was born on December 6, 1922 to John and Effie (Kindso) Anderson in Cooperstown, ND and grew up on the farm. She attended a one-room country school in Griggs County through the eighth grade, and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1941 as salutatorian of her class. She attended NDSU in Fargo, ND, and graduated in three years with a Bachelor's degree in Home Economics Education in July 1944.

Helen lived in North Dakota all her life except for one year when she taught school in Bozeman, MT. Her teaching career included high schools in Parshall, ND, Dickinson, ND, Bozeman, MT, and Bowman, ND. She also worked as a County Extension Agent in Stark County, ND, for two years. She married Harry Freitag in Dickinson, ND, on December 22, 1952, and they made their home on the farm near Scranton, ND. Harry passed away on June 9, 1982. Helen then moved into her new home in Bowman and lived there until she moved into Southwest Healthcare in 2009. Helen enjoyed cooking and sewing and making a wonderful home for her family. Helen always strived for perfection in whatever she did, as a homemaker, parent, and seamstress. She was meticulous in her organization, exceptional in her sewing ability, and demonstrated outstanding artistic talent in her pencil sketches of fashion design.

Helen will be greatly missed by her sons Bruce (Connie), Scranton, ND and Arden (Elsa), Bismarck, ND, and daughters Deanna (Don Muro), St. James, NY, and Leslie (Rick) Starks, Haigler, NE; her grandchildren Haley (Ryan) Evans, Derek Muro, Deidre (David Perlick-Molinari) Muro, Zane Starks, Zachary Starks, and Cassandra Starks; her great grandchild Ashton Evans; her step grandchildren, Christopher Hofland, Danum (Carmen) Hofland, Richie (Delilah) Starks and Robbie Starks; her step great grandchildren Trey Sattler; Jack, Adam, and Sam Hofland; Leyton and Giselle Hofland; Christina, Joseph, Genesis, Carli, Samatha, and Jerry Starks; her nieces and nephews and friends and relatives.
Also surviving are sisters Eunice, Spokane, WA; Alice, Huntington Beach, CA, Betty. Riverside, CA, and Gladys, Fargo, ND and brother Clifford (Ovidia), Cooperstown, ND.

Preceding her in death were parents John and Effie Anderson, husband Harry, and daughter Glenda.


Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Service in charge of the arrangements