Helen Dorothy Moorman Waterman Boesenberg

Helen Dorothy Moorman Waterman Boesenberg, 96, of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Indianapolis, passed away March 2, 2019. She was born in Indianapolis, IN, April 22, 1922 the daughter of Edward W. Moorman and Helen M. Moorman nee Poggemeyer. Helen received her education in Indianapolis and was a graduate of Arsenal Technical High School. On December 16, 1945 she was wed to Kenneth Henry Waterman at Trinity Lutheran Church, Indianapolis. This marriage was blessed with two children, Stephen Kent Waterman (Greenwood, Indiana) and Barbara Elin Waterman Reek (Lincoln, Nebraska). Following Mr. Waterman’s death on February 1, 1980, she was wed to Raymond Edward Boesenberg on February 14, 1987. In her life of employ, Mrs. Boesenberg worked at Federal Credit Men’s Union and at the Indiana State Historical Museum. In her later years she also worked part-time at MCL Cafeteria. Baptized into the Christian faith as an infant at Trinity Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, on May 14, 1922, she gave public profession of her faith in the rite of confirmation on April 15, 1936. After her marriage, she was an active member at St. John Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, where she sang in the choir and assisted with the ministry to the blind. Later in life she became a member of Calvary Lutheran, Indianapolis, and finally Christ Lutheran, Lincoln, Nebraska, where she had moved to be in the care of her daughter. She was faithful in Word and sacrament to the day of her death. Mrs. Boesenberg entered rest everlasting on March 2, 2019 in Licoln, Nebraska as the result of congestive heart failure. She was preceded in death by her parents; by both of her husbands; by her brother, Paul Moorman; her sister, Barbara Moorman Radtke; and grandson, John Christian Reek. She is survived by her children, Stephen (Pam) Waterman and Barbara (Rev. Dr. Dirk) Reek, Lincoln, Nebraska; five grandchildren; one step-grandchild; and 12 great-and step-great-grandchildren; step-children, Gil Boesenberg, Vida (Alan) Smith and Don (Cynthia) Boesenberg; sister, Elinor Wagoner, Tallahassee, Florida; brother-in-law, Floyd Radtke; and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Boesenberg will be laid to rest in hope of the resurrection to eternal life at St. John Lutheran Cemetery following services of comfort at Calvary Lutheran Church, Indianapolis, March 8, 2019. Services at Calvary Lutheran Church, 6111 Shelby Street, Indianapolis, will start at 11:00 a.m. with visitation from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. before the service. Arrangements are entrusted to Shirley Brothers Thompson Road Chapel.

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Helen Dorothy Moorman Waterman Boesenberg

April 22, 1922 - March 2, 2019