Helen A. Sjolund

STAPLES -- Helen A. Sjolund, 91, Staples, formerly of Brainerd, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000, at Greater Staples Care Center.

She was born Dec. 16, 1908, in Waconia to Albert and Lena (Quast) Leutgers. She married Walter E. Sjolund on April 22, 1933, in Evansville. They lived in Alexandria from 1933 until they moved to Brainerd in 1952. She was a member of First Lutheran Church.

Survivors include two sons, Walter Sjolund, Staples, and Douglas Sjolund, Brainerd; a daughter, Doris Mae Pihlaja, Ventura, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Her husband and three brothers died earlier.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd with Pastor Dan Clites officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens of Brainerd.

Friends may call an hour before services Monday at Halvorson-Johnson Funeral Home of Brainerd.