He lived in Ralston until his father, a German Congregational minister, moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota to minister to an all German congregation.
Helmut joined the Signal Corp. during WWII and was stationed in Alaska. His future wife, Darlene Louise Nicholas b. Oct. 4, 1921 daughter of John Benjamin Nicholas and Elsie Anderson, accompanied him by train to Washington State where he enlisted and they became engaged.
On his first furlough, he married Darlene Louise Nicholas June 19, 1943 in Aberdeen, SD where Darlene was working. They were married in the Congregational church by his father, Gottlieb Keppler.
After the war, Helmut returned to South Dakota. Darlene had stayed with her parents Johnnie and Elsie (Anderson) Nicholas tending to their first child, Dianne Lynne Keppler.
They lived in Pierpont, SD after the war. Then in the summer of 1953 they moved to Southern California first living in Compton, CA for three years but then in Torrance, CA until Helmut's death. Helmut worked for several aircraft corporations building aircraft.
He unexpectedly died of a heart attack while mowing his lawn in Torrance, CA. Helmut was a devout Christian and had daily devotions with his wife before his death.
Helmet and Darlene Louise Nicholas' children:
1. Dianne Lynne Keppler (Gordon) Duncan of Northern California, they were former missionaries with Wycliff Bible Translators in Mexico and Papua New Guinea. Gordon was then a elementary school teacher and Diane a middle school secretary. (3 children: Christy, Cindy and Bonnie).
2. Daniel Wayne (Linda) Keppler of Grandview, Idaho (children: Daniel L. Keppler, Jacob Keppler.)
Helmut was survived by Herbert Gottlob Keppler (1919-2011) of Seattle, WA ; David Gerhardt Keppler (1922-2012) of Concrete, WA .
He lived in Ralston until his father, a German Congregational minister, moved to Aberdeen, South Dakota to minister to an all German congregation.
Helmut joined the Signal Corp. during WWII and was stationed in Alaska. His future wife, Darlene Louise Nicholas b. Oct. 4, 1921 daughter of John Benjamin Nicholas and Elsie Anderson, accompanied him by train to Washington State where he enlisted and they became engaged.
On his first furlough, he married Darlene Louise Nicholas June 19, 1943 in Aberdeen, SD where Darlene was working. They were married in the Congregational church by his father, Gottlieb Keppler.
After the war, Helmut returned to South Dakota. Darlene had stayed with her parents Johnnie and Elsie (Anderson) Nicholas tending to their first child, Dianne Lynne Keppler.
They lived in Pierpont, SD after the war. Then in the summer of 1953 they moved to Southern California first living in Compton, CA for three years but then in Torrance, CA until Helmut's death. Helmut worked for several aircraft corporations building aircraft.
He unexpectedly died of a heart attack while mowing his lawn in Torrance, CA. Helmut was a devout Christian and had daily devotions with his wife before his death.
Helmet and Darlene Louise Nicholas' children:
1. Dianne Lynne Keppler (Gordon) Duncan of Northern California, they were former missionaries with Wycliff Bible Translators in Mexico and Papua New Guinea. Gordon was then a elementary school teacher and Diane a middle school secretary. (3 children: Christy, Cindy and Bonnie).
2. Daniel Wayne (Linda) Keppler of Grandview, Idaho (children: Daniel L. Keppler, Jacob Keppler.)
Helmut was survived by Herbert Gottlob Keppler (1919-2011) of Seattle, WA ; David Gerhardt Keppler (1922-2012) of Concrete, WA .
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