Helen Lavon Pollman, 92, rural Yates Center, died Monday evening, Aug. 1, 2016, at home. She was born May 17, 1924, in Kimball, to Jasper and Minnie (Goff) Gier.
Growing up in the Humboldt and Chanute area, she worked as a waitress and at the egg plant in Chanute. Later she became a homemaker.
She married Marvin Pollman on July 3, 1952, in Iola, who precedes her in death.
She leaves behind one son, Roger E. Pollman and daughter-in-law Nancy, Yates Center; three grandchildren,Shawn Pollman and wife Michelle, Walnut, Sherry (Pollman) Hamman and husband Luther, Wamego, and Seresa (Pollman)Howe and husband Matthew, Emporia; eight great-grandchildren, Jarrod Norton, Hunter Pollman, Shawlisa Pollman, Kendra Haraman, Karlie Hamman, Gavin Hamman, Ryane Howe and Grady Howe; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin; two brothers, Eugene and Richard Gier; and two sisters, Dorothy Zieglar and Eunice Jessie.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at Countryside Funeral Home in Humboldt. Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com. The family has requested memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association, which may be left with or mailed to the funeral home at 101 N Highland, Chanute, KS 66720. Services have been entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home 908 Central, Humboldt, KS 66748.
