Helen Grenz *

Born: September 13, 1928 - Hazelton,  North Dakota

Died:

Father: Gottlieb Grenz

Mother: Lydia Schock

Married:  November 22, 1946 - Tower City, ND

Spouse:  Arnold Jacobson

Born:  April 7,  1925 - Chippewa Falls, WI

Died:

Father: Herbert Jacobson

Mother:  Sarah

Married: June 2, 1962 - Milwaukee, WI

Spouse:  Donald Christensen

Born:  June 2, 1929 -

Died:  June 25, 2000 - Milwaukee, WI

Don and Helen - 1987

*Notes:  I was 9 years old when our family moved to Oriska from Hazelton.  From there, we moved to Tower City when my dad bought a farm near there.  We had a lot of fun growing up with all of these brothers and sisters, but also had a lot of hard work.  We had to help in the fields and in the garden.  Although I attended school in Tower City, we children never actually started school until mid-October when the harvesting was finished.  also, we left school early in the spring since our father needed us to help put in the crops in April.  Also, during the winter, we all had cows to milk before we left for school in the morning and again in the evening after we came home from school.

I have worked at various factories and retail stores during the past 30 years.  My husband, Don, has been employed at Miller Brewing for almost 40 years.  We have both retired as of early 1992, although I still work part-time at Kohl's Warehouse.