Alice E. Helle, age 82, of Watertown, SD, passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at Prairie Lakes Care Center in Watertown. She was the widow of Robert J. "Pat" Helle.

Alice Elizabeth Helle, the daughter of Harry and Susana (Clausen) Kuester was born on April 10, 1924 in Watertown, South Dakota. She attended Immaculate Conception School and graduated from Watertown High School. Alice attended Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing and received her LPN Degree.

On January 24, 1944 she married Robert J. Helle in the Immaculate Conception Church in Watertown. The couple lived in Sioux Falls, where Alice was employed at Sioux Valley Hospital for 16 years. Alice and Pat retired to Watertown in 1992. Mr. Helle passed away on August 27, 1997.

Alice was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church and Catholic Daughters of America. She enjoyed flowers, knitting, embroidering, crocheting, crafts, and traveling.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Raymond J. Kuester; and one grandson, Phillip Caver.

She is survived by two daughters, Patricia (Ken) Caver of Olympia, WA, Suesan (Neil) Nadeau of Cary, NC; two sisters, Marcella Mohr, and Bernice Kuester of Watertown; one sister-in-law, Betty McDaniel of Kansas City, MO; eight grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

Interment in the St. Mary's Cemetery, Watertown, SD.

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