JEROME HELMBRECHT, Obituary

Jerome James "Troop" Helmbrecht, 79, veteran and retired Vita Rich Dairy employee died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002, at his Havre residence of natural causes.

Cremation has taken place. The memorial service is 1 p.m. Thursday at the Holland and Bonine Chapel with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating. Burial with full military honors is to follow the service at Highland Cemetery.

Troop was born Aug. 3, 1923, to Sebastian and Alice A. (Dinkel) Helmbrecht at Long Prairie, Minn. He attended school at Long Prairie through the eighth grade.

Troop was enlisted in the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea. After...