Merlin E. Helbing

Cuba City, Wisconsin Merlin E. Helbing, 81, of Cuba City, Wisconsin, died Monday, December 27, 2010, at home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Holy Ghost Church in Dickeyville with Rev. Bernard Rott and Rev. Francis Steffen officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday at Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Cuba City where the parish rosary will be at 2:45 p.m. Friends may also call from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home before the service. Merlin was born on March 14, 1929, in Cuba City, Wisconsin, the son of John C. and Anna (Hinderman) Helbing. He married Bernadine “Bunnie” Ertz Helbing on July 8, 1952, at St. Mary’s Church in Bloomington, Wisconsin. Survivors include his wife, Bunnie, of Cuba City; a son, Alan Helbing , of Cuba City; three daughters, Pam (Dave) Fischer, of Janesville, Wisconsin, Pat (Wayne) Runde, of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and Sandy (Gerry) Eggers, of Dubuque, Iowa; three sisters, Elizabeth Dalsing, of Dubuque, and Joan (Merlin) Patzner, of Potosi, Wisconsin, and Elaine (David) Lange, of Mt. Prospect, Illinois; a brother, Leonard (Beverly) Helbing, of Dubuque; a brother-in-law, Richard Nilles, of Dubuque; a sister-in-law, Charlotte Helbing, of Cuba City; fifteen grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Joshua Eggers; his sister, Evelyn Nilles; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Louise and Ray Droessler and Margaret and Lawrence Schardt; his brother, William Helbing; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe and Elma Helbing and Ed and Leora Helbing; and a brother-in-law, Delmar Dalsing.