Mrs. Helen Holo, longtime Langdon teacher, 90, passed away December 18, 2009 at the Maple Manor Care Center of Langdon, ND

Helen Sylvia Hjelmstad was born December 19, 1918 at Milton, ND to Anton and Anna (Nelson) Hjelmstad.  She graduated from Langdon High School with top honors.  Helen later graduated cum laude from the University of North Dakota with a B.S. Degree in 1972.  She was united in marriage to Morris Holo on June 24, 1945 at West Mountain Lutheran church near Milton, ND.  They began their marriage farming near Loma.  They moved to Cavalier in 1953 and to Langdon in 1963.  Mrs. Holo's teaching career spanned from one room school houses, to the ABM missile site boom.  After a successful and beloved career in teaching, she retired in 1982.

Mrs. Holo was involved in her profession and community.  She served as an Officer of the Education Association of Cavalier, ND, served as Church Secretary, Treasurer of the Langdon Christian Association, she was a member of the American Association of University Women and a member of the United Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her children, Nolan Arthur Holo of Langdon, ND and Randi Annette Holo Swanberg and her husband John Swanberg of Eden Prairie, MN, sisters, Clarice Ring of Langdon, Gladys (Harlan) Hanson of Milton, ND, sister-in-law Helmina Holo of Langdon, ND and numerous neices and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Morris in 1988, sisters Myrtle Slama and Ruth Koehn and brother Alvin Hjelmstad.

SERVICES will be held on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 2:00pm at the Maple Manor Care Center Chapel. Visitation will take place for one hour before the time of the services at the Care Center