Helen Beer

Helen L. Beer, 86, daughter of James Emmert and Anna Irene (Dwyer) Foster, was born March 17, 1932, in Greenfield. She passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, at Panora Specialty Care Center in Panora.

Helen graduated from Greenfield High School and University of Northern Iowa. On Aug. 8, 1954, she married Robert Beer in Greenfield. They moved to Denver, Colorado, and then to California for about 10 years. They moved to Adair, and opened up a restaurant and ran that for the next five years. Helen then worked at various jobs in Adair and Adel before moving to Lake Panorama in the late 1970s. After 12 years, they moved into Panora.

Helen enjoyed reading, sewing, cooking, fishing, and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband Robert Beer of Panora; daughter Connie (Todd) Kirkpatrick of Plymouth; son John (Tracy) Beer of Panora; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and brother Jerry Foster of Normal, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents, two grandchildren, two brothers and a sister.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Twigg Funeral Home, 219 E. Main St., in Panora. Burial will be in West Cemetery in Panora. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.twiggfuneralhome.com.