Helen A. Bellmann, 96, of Durango, passed away Friday, May 21, 2021, at home.

Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, May
26, at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Funeral Home and Crematory, 2659 John F. Kennedy Rd.,
Dubuque. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 27, at Holy Ghost
Catholic Church, 2921 Central Ave., Dubuque. Rev. Steven Garner will officiate. Interment will
be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Helen was born December 21, 1924 in Dubuque, the daughter of Frank and Rose (Oakley) Kruse. She married Joseph Bellmann on June 5, 1945, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Dubuque. Joe preceded her in death on October 2, 2002.

Helen served as Postmaster for Durango for many years. In her later years, she mentioned to her family that she had now been retired longer than she had worked.

Helen loved flowers and gardening, she was always up for a good card game-any card game-
whether it was euchre or rummy. She was still beating her family at cards as recently
as the last few weeks. Helen enjoyed playing Bingo, especially at Holy Ghost, where Joe would
work and she would play.

Helen is survived by two sons, Dennis (Terry) Bellmann, and David (Cindy) Bellmann, both of
Dubuque; seven grandchildren, Cory (Jill) Bellmann, Jessica (Jamie) Ehrlich, Jodi (Chuck)
Schnering, Christa (Bob) Childers, Alison (Nathan) Engelken, Ryan (Rachel) Kieffer, and Bobbi
Jo Bellmann; 19 great grandchildren; her sister, Margaret Johnson; her brother-in-law, Rudy
(Joan) Bellmann, of Dubuque; and her sister-in-law, Luella “Lou” Bellmann, of Key West, IA.

In addition to her husband, Helen was preceded in death by two grandchildren in infancy, Adam
and Amy; her brothers, Gilbert, Arthur, and Edward Kruse; and her sisters, Theresa Dausener,
Edna Henkels, Doris Trierweiler, Alice Dalbkermeyer, and a sister in infancy.