Obit: Hartl, Helen #2 (1937 - 2013)

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Surnames: Hartl, Smazal, Domaine, Smith

----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 27 Feb 2013

Hartl, Helen (17 April 1937-19 Feb 2013)

Helen D. Hartl, 75, a long-time Loyal resident, entered eternal life on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at the House of the Dove in Marshfield, with family by her side. Services were held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Feb. 23, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Loyal. Burial followed in St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Kaleb Miller, Will Sailee, Max Gillette, Eric Pagenkopf, Tyler Jasurda, and David Smazal. Honorary pallbearer was in memory of Dustin Domaine.

Helen Smazal was born on April 17, 1937, in a log cabin, in Milladore, on Blueberry Road, She graduated from Auburndale High School in 1955. Helen married Roy Hartl on Oct. 5, 1955, in Blenker, a marriage of love of mutual trust and dedication. Helen and Roy first worked on Roy’s parents’ farm in Unity until they moved to Loyal in 1958. Helen worked for 17 years at Loyal Foods and 18 years as a manager of Loyal Drug Store and retired in 1999. In their early years they enjoyed square dancing, bowling, softball, playing cards and always talking and laughing together. She also sang in the church choir at St. Anthony’s. After retirement, she enjoyed her lifelong since the age16 of playing the accordion, performing with many bands as they stayed in Arizona during the winter months. During the rest of the seasons in Wisconsin, they enjoyed packing up their camper on weekends to go to the many polka festivals where she played her accordion in polka bands. She had a love of flowers and gardening and shared that love with her two daughters and four granddaughters. Another one of her enjoyments were her grandchildren. She told them a story when they were very small of how her dad nicked he “Hiney.” From that moment on her grandchildren affectionately called Grandma Hiney,” Her enjoyment of her grandchildren was shown by the many activities she and Grandpa Roy did with them, taking them every summer to Yogi Bear Campground for days of fun in the sun or bringing them along to their polka dances where they taught their granddaughters how to waltz and polka. She also delighted in watching her grandchildren playing many spots-volleyball, basketball, softball, football and baseball, and watching them grow up to marry and have children of their own as she relished her three great-grandchildren. Helen struggled with several cancers in her lifetime and always had a positive attitude through all of them, starting with breast cancer in 1975 and 1983; ovarian, uterine and endometrial cancer in 1987; lung cancer in 2009. and with courage and dignity she lost the final fight to Brain and spinal fluid cancer.

She is lovingly survived by her husband, Roy, of 57 years; her two daughters and son-in-laws, Shelly and Randy Domine, Loyal, and Jody and Kerry Smith, Loyal; five grandchildren and spouses, Shawna (Domine) and Max Gillette, Mosinee, Breanna (Miller) and Will Sallee, Roseville, Minn., Paige (Miller) and Eric Pagenkopf, Loyal, Megan Domine and friend Tyler Jasurda, Marshfield, and Kaleb Miller, Spencer; three great-grandchildren, Ava Holly and Reese Elizabeth Gillette and Wallace Kellen Sallee; two brothers. Vernon Smazal, Auburndale, and Frank (Edie) Smazal, Milladore; eight sisters, Gertie Sazamz, Athens, Frannie (Albert) Schill, Arpin, Marie (Hank) Eron, Stevens Point, Volly (Gary) Hendrickson, Spencer, Betty Schlafke, Sheboygan, Lila (Daryl) Stewart, Seversville, Tenn., Laurie (Dick) Raab, Appleton, and Bev Rawlings, Keil; two brothers-in-law, Walt Hartl, Medford and Robert (Nancy) Hartl, Marshfield; one sister-in-law, Margie (Wayne) Schulz, Spencer; and 65 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two grandchildren whom she loved dearly, Dustin Kyle Domine (5 years old) and Holly Elizabeth Domine (10 months old); her parents, Frank and Mayme Smazal; her in-laws, Louis and Bessie Hartl; her brother, Marvin Smazal; two siblings in their youth, Jimmy and Vivian Smazal; her brother-in-law, Joe Sazama, and Norbert, Edward, Billy and Louis Jr. Hartl; her special sister-in-law/ cousin Violet (Smazal) Hartl; and her sister-in-law, Dorla Smazal.

Thank you to 8 North Palliative Care, to the House of the Dove, and a special thanks to Helen’s oncologist, Dr. William Hocking from Marshfield Clinic, who has been there for her since 1983 as Helen very much appreciated his kind and compassionate care.

As a wife, our mom, our Grandma Hiney, we can only say we will miss you deeply. We will miss your sense of humor, miss your love of music, miss calling you up on the phone just to talk, miss the fun and laughter during our family get-togethers, and when the spring flowers bloom there you will be. And with that said our hope is the following words for you: “When they lay my limbs in the earth, then shall I truly dance.”

Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal, assisted the family with arrangements.