The following obituary is from the Sept. 13, 2008 print edition of the Savage Pacer newspaper:
Helen Marie (O’Leary) Turner
Helen Marie Turner, 84, of Prior Lake, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. She was born Nov. 19, 1923 in Easton, Minn, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Helen Marie Turner
Survived by husband of 57 years, John Turner Jr.; sons, Kevin (Vicky), Dana (Sheryl), John (Kim) Turner III; daughters, Colleen (Doug) Albright, Nancy (Shan) Bosak and Mary (Vince) Zylstra; 16 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary O’Neill, Elsie Pitcher, Margaret Johnson and other loving relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Nora Lynn Turner.
Mass of Christian Burial is Monday, Sept. 15, at 11 a.m. at the Church of St. John the Baptist, 4625 West 125th Street, Savage. Luncheon follows Mass. Private interment at Assumption Cemetery, Richfield.
Helen Turner
Visitation is Sunday, Sept. 14, from 3-7 p.m. at Gill Brothers Funeral Chapel, 9947 Lyndale Avenue South, and one hour prior to mass at church. Memorials preferred to the Bloomington Lions Club Foundation.
Gill Brothers, Bloomington, 952-888-7771.