In Loving Memory

Of

Helen Marie (Jobgen) Anderson

Helen "Graduated to Heaven" on April 13, 2024, with family by her side at Avantara St. Cloud nursing home in Rapid City, SD.  She was born December 26, 1931, to Glenola McClain Jobgen and Mathew Jobgen.  Helen was raised on the Jobgen homestead near Scenic, SD.  She was the eldest of 6 children who lived through the great depression and experienced the hard times of WWII.  She attended grade school at the Jobgen school and 3 years of high school in Scenic, then attended her senior year of high school at the Catholic School in Rapid City.  After graduating she worked as a telephone operator in Rapid City.

She married Harold Lawson in April of 1954 and together they had 5 children.  They lived in Wyoming and South Dakota in multiple areas.  They operated their Dairy at Interior, SD, until 1976.  In August of 1976 they moved to their final residence in Oelrichs, SD.  Helen's first husband passed away in September 1985.  Helen then got a job working at the State Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD, where she met Edward (Bud) Anderson and they married in 1986.  They resided in her home in Oelrichs.  Bud passed away in 2003.  She attended United Methodist church in Oelrichs and was active with the United Methodist Women's group and she was a judge on the election board.

She enjoyed crocheting, reading, watching TV, soap operas, maintaining her yard and playing bunco.  She babysat several children over the years.  In October 2022 she went to live with her daughter, Hazele and son in law, Kenneth Thompson at their home in Rapid City.  She enjoyed helping Hazele make quilts and loved watching Kenneth make the model of the HMS Hood Battle Cruiser.  In April 2023, Helen moved to Avantara St. Cloud nursing home in Rapid City.

She was preceded in death by Harold Lawson, Edward (Bud) Anderson, her mother, father, brother, Donald Jobgen and sister, Margaret Olic.

She is survived by her children, Harriet Winslow of Jerome, ID; Hazele (Kenneth) Thompson of Rapid City, SD; Howard (Santa) Lawson of Johnson City, TX; Hedy Reitenbaugh of Hot Springs, SD; Heidi Segelke of Wheatland, WY; 16 grandchildren, great grandchildren; great great grandchildren ; 3 sisters, Louella (Hoppy) Hopfinger of Piedmont, SD; Marcella Hale of Hay Springs, NE; Dorothy (Kenny) Aker of Sturgis, SD and sister in law, Joyce Jobgen of Rapid City, SD.

Visitation will be held 12:00 Noon, Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Hot Springs followed by funeral service at 1:00 P.M..  Committal services will follow at Hillside Cemetery near Oelrichs, SD.

Memorials may be given to "Walk to End Alzheimer's" Avantara Angels Team act.alz.org/walk    Find a participant – Hazele Thompson

Arrangements have been made in the care of Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Hot Springs, SD.