- Date Of Birth: June 15, 1935
- Date Of Death: January 5, 2023
- State: Minnesota
Helen Jackson, 87, of Warren, MN, died on Thursday, January 5, 2023, in Woodside Village, Grand Forks, ND.
Helen Ilene was born on June 15, 1935, in Newfolden, MN, the eldest daughter of Helmer and Irene (Robison) Tallum. She moved to Warren at the age of ten and lived nearly the rest of her life there. She graduated from Warren High School with the class of 1953, and was married to Kenneth Jackson on December 18, 1954, in her parents’ home. The young couple raised their children in a little house that was always big enough for one more guest or relative. She enjoyed making their house into a home and taught herself any number of skills and crafts that made her daughters’ childhoods so special. Helen was proud to be a caregiver all her life. She was a loving sister, mother, and grandmother.
Even as her memory faded, Helen loved her family and knew of their love for her.
Helen is survived by her daughters, Sue (Duane) Palm of Colstrip, MT, Kim (Steve) Renslow of Grand Forks, and Shelley ( Ken) Popiel of Grafton, ND; two grandchildren Sarah (Kristin) Palm of Owatonna, MN, and Nicholas (Diana) Palm of Fargo, ND; great-grandchildren, Jackson, Greta, William, and Elia; and siblings, Janice Hestekind of Newfolden, Ruth Vanek of Thief River Falls, David (Patty) Tallum of Newfolden, and Doris Flanagan of Thief River Falls.
