Dateline: Emporia, Kansas

Helen M. Zorn, 95, died September 19, 2016, at Presbyterian Manor, Emporia, Kansas. She was born August 2, 1921, in Redwing, Kansas, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Demel) Koester.
Helen graduated from Odin High School in 1940.

On March 4, 1943, she married Frank F. Zorn, at San Carlos Catholic Church, Monterey, California. He preceded her in death on September 21, 2000.

Helen was a homemaker and also worked for EL-KAN retiring in 1977.

A longtime resident of Claflin moving to Emporia in 2013. Helen was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, in Claflin, where she was also a member of the Altar Society and the V.F.W. Auxiliary. Helen helped to organize Birthday Coffee in Claflin and continued that tradition when moving to the Presbyterian Manor in Emporia.

Survivors include; children, Thomas Zorn and wife Alice of Herndon, VA, Susan Cates and husband Steven of Emporia, Michael Zorn and wife Mary of Round Rock, TX; son-in-law, Harold Schremmer and wife Diana of Prosper, TX; two sisters, Mary Haberman and Rose Murphy, both of Great Bend; 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, Donald and Gary Zorn; a daughter, Patricia Schremmer; two brothers, Bill and Joseph Koester; and three sisters, Ann Hickey, Augustina Axman, and Leona McCurry.

Vigil with Altar Society Rosary will be 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church celebrated by Father Terrance Klein. Burial will follow in Claflin Cemetery. Friends may call 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church or Presbyterian Manor of Emporia in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS, 67544.
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