Helen Minnie Krantz, age 101, of Adams, Wisconsin died Saturday, December 6, 2008 at the Liberty Manor in Adams, Wisconsin.

Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at the Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin. Rev. Richard Corning will officiate. Friends may call Thursday morning at Roseberry�s from 10:30 a.m. until the time of service.

Interment will be at a later date at the Mt. Repose Cemetery, Friendship, Wisconsin.

Helen was born October 20, 1907 in Sheldon, Wisconsin to Ernest and Margaret (Swetlik) Haffner. As a child, she was adopted by Benedict and Veronica Krasowski. She married Arthur Krantz on May 29, 1936 in Chicago, IL. The couple built a home in Adams County, but Arthur passed away before they could share the house together. She lived in that house until the mid-1980�s. Helen worked most of her life in a factory doing coil winding. During WWII, she followed her husband to California and got a job as a painters helper on the submarines.

Helen was member Trinity Congregational Church in Adams, Moundview Memorial Hospital and Clinics Partners, and the Adams County Senior Citizens.

Memorials may be directed to the Trinity Congregational Church.

Helen was preceded in death by parents, foster parents, Husband � Arthur; sisters, Margaret Duray and Mary Novey; brothers, Ernest Diamond and Harry Haffner; and Niece Judy Haffner.

Survivors:

Nephew: Willard (Kathy) Krantz of Illinois

Nephew: Wesley Krantz of Illinois

Nephew: Kenneth Novey of Marion, Iowa

Nephew: Robert Novey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

niece: Patty Cleveland

Further survived by other relatives and friends.