Helen Marie Strickfaden

Helen Marie Strickfaden, 97, of Pekin died at 5:39 pm Monday, September 13, 2010 at Lake Manor in Pekin. Helen was born on December 9, 1912 in rural Pekin to Walter and Minnie Alice (Hayes) Strickfaden. She was preceded in death by her parents, one infant son and one sister, Mable Schantz. Surviving is one nephew, Ron (Konny) Schantz of Chagrin Falls, OH. Helen work for 24 years at the CILCO Credit Union in Peoria. She retired on January 1, 1978. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical United Methodist Church, Pekin Pilot Club, HEA Pekin Unit III and General Society of Mayflower Descendants. She was an ancestor of John Alden.