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NEW BOSTON — Emil Hel-
wig, 78, of New Boston died at 9
a.m. Wednesday at Annapolis
Hospital, Wayne. He had been ill
for 10 years.

Friends may call from 6 to 9
tonight and from 3 to 9 p.m. Fri-
day at the Arthur Bobcean Funer-
al Home, Carleton Chapel. He will
lie in state Saturday at St. John’s
Lutheran Church, Waltz, from
noon until services at 1 p.m. The
Rev. William Morris and the Rev.
Dr. Dennis Berkesch will officiate.

Burial will be in Michigan Memo- —

rial Park, Flat Rock.

Born Jany 19,1919, in New °

Boston, he was the son of August
and Florentina Helwig. He was
married on May 18, 1946, to
Eleanor Federspiel at St.

Stephen’s Lutheran Church, |

Detroit.

Mr. Helwig, who had attended
Michigan State University, East
Lansing, for an agricultural
course, had owned a dairy farm
and was a milkman for 35 years
in the New Boston area. His wife
also had delivered milk for the
farm for 15 years. He worked as a
custodian for Huron Public
oe for 10 years, retiring in
1971.

He was a member of St. John’s |

Lutheran Church in Waltz.

Surviving are his wife and two |

sisters, Emma Helwig of Royal
Oak and Clara Pinter of Milan. -
He was preceded in death by a
brother and a sister.
Memorials may be made to St.
John’s Church in Waltz or the
Parkinson Foundation.

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