Ben Helfritz
Funeral Held
In Austin Tuesday

A well-known Lyle resident, W. Ben Helfritz, 77, died Sunday, February 3 at St. Olaf Hospital in Austin, Minn. from a heart attack where he had been a patient for two weeks following a light stroke.

He came to Lyle in 1908, from St. Ansgar and operated a dray business in Lyle for fifty-two years.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 5 at Worlein's Funeral Home in Austin and interment was in Pleasant Hill cemetery at Mona.

A complete obituary will appear in next week's issue.