Helen L. Fields

Jun. 23, 1925 - Aug. 8, 2022

Helen L. Fields, 97, of Elkhart died Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at Elkhart General Hospital. Helen was born June 23, 1925, in South Bend to the late Agon and Albertina (Zimmerman) Peterson. She married Richard C. Fields on June 10, 1945, at Emmaus Lutheran Church in South Bend.

Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Richard, and her two siblings, Carolyn Deady and Charles Ekstrand.

She is survived by her children, the Rev. Thomas (Jane) Fields of Denver, Colorado, and Kathleen (the Rev. Michael) Schulz of Janesville, Wisconsin; grandchildren, the Rev. Andrew (Heidi) Fields, Sarah (Brian) Hasler, Joshus (Robin) Fields, Christopher (Diana) Fields, Jonathan (Ingrid) Schulz and Elizabeth (Joseph) Davies; as well as her great-grandchildren, Mark Fields, Joanna Fields, Elizabeth Fields, Timothy Fields, Thomas Hasler, Joseph Hasler, Zachary Fields, Maren Davies, Emma Schulz, Andrew Schulz, Owen Fields, Emma Fields, Elijah Fields, Eleanor Fields and Olivia Fields.

Helen graduated from John Adams High School in 1943. After graduating high school Helen worked for the Studebaker Co. in the accounting department. She also worked in the Concord Township Assessor's Office as well as the Mayor of Elkhart's Office as a secretary. She then began working for the Elkhart County Municipal Government as clerk were she later retired. Helen spent many hours volunteering at Elkhart General Hospital. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Elkhart for most of her life where she was part of the choir, Ladies Aid and Sunday School teacher as well as a braille worker for the church. Helen also loved to bake for her family whom she loved very much.

A visitation for Helen will be held Sunday, Aug. 14, at Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral Home in Elkhart from 3 to 5 p.m. A funeral service will be held Monday, Aug. 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elkhart at 11 a.m. with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Prairie Street Cemetery in Elkhart. Pastor Spencer Mielke will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Trinity Lutheran Church-Endowment Fund, 30888 County Road 6, Elkhart, IN 46516, Concordia Seminary of St. Louis, 801 Seminary Pl., St. Louis, MO 63105, and Worship Anew-Lutheran Ministries Media, 5 Martin Luther Dr., Fort Wayne, IN 46825.

To leave the family an online condolence, please visit the funeral home website.

Published in the Elkhart Truth from August 10 to Aug. 11, 2022.

03/27/2023 DEC

06/02/2021 DEC

Helen Louise Peterson Fields

BIRTH

23 Jun 1925

South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA

DEATH

8 Aug 2022 (aged 97)

Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA

BURIAL

Prairie Street Cemetery

Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA  Show Map

PLOT

Section 8, Location 162, Plot/Space 2

MEMORIAL ID

89616382 · View Source

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