Dec 27, 2019

Helen M. (Brentano) Wack 1927 - 2019

Posted Dec 27, 2019 4:12 PM

Helen M. (Brentano) Wack, 92, St. Joseph, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Mosaic Life Care.

Helen was born in Atchison, Kansas, on November 27, 1927 to Joseph T. and Helen P. Brentano.

Helen graduated from Mt. Saint Scholastica College in 1963 with a degree in Bachelors in English. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1964 with a master’s degree in Library Services. She retired from Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado in 1988 as the Head of Library Services.

She and Dunstan J. Wack were united in marriage on April 22, 1972 in Akron, Colorado.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Dunstan J. Wack, her parents, brothers Joseph and John Brentano and sister Bernice Barnett.

Survivors include her sister, Sister Alice Brentano of Atchison, Kansas and several nieces and nephews. Helen touched the lives of many people and her presence will be greatly missed.

Memorial Service 1:00 P.M. Saturday, January 4, 2020, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Inurnment Saint Joseph Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa at a later date.