Helen Marie Sydnes

Helen Marie Sydnes was born on February 5, 1926 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Hans Christian and Hencina Metta Marie Nelsen Andersen. As a child Helen moved with her family to Forest City, IA and to Hollandale before returning to Albert Lea. She graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1944. On March 13, 1948, Helen was married to Earl Sydnes in Albert Lea. She worked at Wilson's for many years, retiring in 1978. Helen was a member of First Lutheran Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include her children Vickie Jerry Paulson and Richard Sheryl Sydnes; grandchildren Kristie Lau, Doug Kristal Paulson, Tara Corey Camp, Tanya Jerry Westrum, and Trisha Zach Hansen; great-grandchildren Karissa and Dennis Lau, Brooke Paulson, Cayden and Kyah Camp, Talin Tuchtenhagen, and Aryah Hansen; brothers-in-law Delbert Wegner and John Sydnes; sister-in-law Mary Sydnes; and many nieces and nephews. Helen was preceded in death by her husband Earl, her parents Hans Christian and Hencina Metta Marie Andersen, her grandson Justin Paulson, brothers Foster Andersen and Richard Andersen, sisters Eleanor Wegner, Jeanette Fleming, and Sylvia Andersen, father-in-law and mother–in-law Tom and Emma Sydnes, brothers-in-law Irving Sydnes, Leroy Sydnes, Ted Sydnes, and Wendell Fleming, sisters-in-law Fern Andersen, Dorothy Sydnes, and Blanche Sydnes.