HELEN MARCINE DEA, 99, of Shelby, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Council Bluffs. A Mass of Christian Burial for HELEN DEA will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home has the arrangements.

Friends may call at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola, on Wed., Jan. 18, 2023, from 4-until 6-p.m., with a Wake Service  at 6-p.m. and a Rosary at 6:30-p.m.

Burial is in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery, in Neola.

HELEN MARCINE DEA is survived by her 12 children:

Sons – Robert (Tami Shellberg) Dea, John “Mike” (Sally) Dea, James (JoAnne) Dea, and Philip (Marie) Dea, all of Minden; Richard (Delorse) Dea, of Ellington, MO; Daniel Dea, of Walnut, and William “Bill” Dea, of Oakland.

Daughters – Marcine (Don) Blake of Stanton; Patricia (Tom) Honeywell, and Laurie Dea, all of Shelby; Rebecca Dyer of Carlisle, and Cecelia Dea, of Des Moines.

Her brother – Dean Krutzfeldt of Council Bluffs.

36 Grandchildren; ;53 Great-grandchildren; 20 Great-great-grandchildren; Other Relatives & Friends.