Helen Agnes Poler
1906 - 2004 (98 years)
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Name Helen Agnes Poler Birth 3 Feb 1906 Garland, South Dakota 
Gender Female Census 9 May 1910 Plum Creek, Stanley, SD
; age 4, born SD, living with parentsCensus 1915 Plum Creek, Stanley, SD
; age 8, born SD, parents born WI/ILCensus 19 Feb 1920 Plum Creek, Stanley, SD
; age 14, born SD, living with parentsCensus 1925 Plum Creek, Stanley, SD
; age 19, born SD, housekeeper, parents born WI/NYCensus 10 Apr 1930 Precinct 10, Kit Carson, CO
; age 42, born SD, marr at 22, parents born US/USCensus 1935 Capa, Jones, SD
; age 29, born SD, married 1929, housewife, parents born WI/UNKCensus 7 Apr 1940 Capa, Jones, SD
; age 34, born SD, H3 ed, residing here in 1935Census 1945 Capa, Jones, SD
; age 39, born Union Co, SD, gr11 ed, marr 1929, parents born WI/Jamestown NYDeath 5 Jul 2004 Capa, Jones, SD
Burial Midland Cemetery, Midland, SD
Person ID I1640 Family Tree Last Modified 30 Apr 2015
Father 
Walter Scott Poler, b. 31 Oct 1863, Merton, Waukesha, WI d. 9 Dec 1942, Stanley Co., SD (Age 79 years) Mother Catherine Matilda McConville, b. 25 Feb 1865, Jamestown, Chautauqua, NY d. 2 Jul 1971, Kadoka, Jackson, SD (Age 106 years) Marriage 1900 Family ID F404 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henry Nicholas O'Connor, b. 15 Jul 1877, Iowa d. 11 May 1946, Hughes Co, SD (Age 68 years) Marriage 20 May 1930 Children 1. Living Family ID F520 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Apr 2015
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Photos Helen (Poler) O'Connor
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Notes - Helen Agnes Poler was born February 3, 1906 at Garland, South Dakota, the daughter of Walter and Catherine (McConnville) Poler. In 1907 the family moved to a homestead fifteen miles north of Capa, South Dakota, where her father was the postmaster at Bunker, South Dakota and her mother taught in rural schools. Helen attended a rural grade school near Bunker with her three brothers and one sister in Capa. She attended St. Martin's Academy in Sturgis. Helen was united in marriage to Henry O'Connor in 1923. With the exception of a few years near Burlington, Colorado, Helen lived her entire life in Capa. She served as Postmaster for Capa from August 10, 1945 until February 27, 1976. Helen will always be remembered for her "green thumb" in being able to make plants grow, and of her great love of animals and of Capa. Grateful for haveing shared her life include her two sons David O'Connor and his wife Delores of Lake Stevens, Washington and Philip O'Connor of Capa; four grandsons; two granddaughters; four great-granddaughters; eight great-grandsons; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband Henry O?Connor in 1946; three brothers Walter, Francis and Patrick Poler; and one sister Mary Walsh Livermore.
Helen A. O?Connor, age 98, of Capa, died Monday evening, July 5, 2004 at the Philip Nursing Home.
Visitation was held 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 9, 2004 at St. William?s Catholic Church in Midland, with a rosary and prayer service at 7:00 p.m.
Mass of Christian Burial was held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 10, at St. William?s Catholic Church in Midland.
Interment was in the Midland Cemetery.
A memorial is established.
Rush Funeral Home of Philip is in charge of arrangements.
- Helen Agnes Poler was born February 3, 1906 at Garland, South Dakota, the daughter of Walter and Catherine (McConnville) Poler. In 1907 the family moved to a homestead fifteen miles north of Capa, South Dakota, where her father was the postmaster at Bunker, South Dakota and her mother taught in rural schools. Helen attended a rural grade school near Bunker with her three brothers and one sister in Capa. She attended St. Martin's Academy in Sturgis. Helen was united in marriage to Henry O'Connor in 1923. With the exception of a few years near Burlington, Colorado, Helen lived her entire life in Capa. She served as Postmaster for Capa from August 10, 1945 until February 27, 1976. Helen will always be remembered for her "green thumb" in being able to make plants grow, and of her great love of animals and of Capa. Grateful for haveing shared her life include her two sons David O'Connor and his wife Delores of Lake Stevens, Washington and Philip O'Connor of Capa; four grandsons; two granddaughters; four great-granddaughters; eight great-grandsons; and a host of other relatives and friends.