Helen Esther Armold

May 8, 1921 - January 2, 2018

Helen Esther Armold, age 96, of Rensselaer passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at the Rensselaer Care Center. Helen was born on May 8, 1921, in Remington, Indiana, the daughter of Frank and Anna (Ferrel) Shide. She was a lifetime area resident and attended school in Rensselaer. On October 22, 1939, in Morocco, Indiana Helen and Eugene O. Armold were married. Eugene passed away on September 25, 2002. Helen retired from the optometrist office Dr. Mackey after being his office assistant for 19 years. She formerly had worked at the Lashbrook Dress Shop in Rensselaer and the North Newton School. Helen was a member of the St. Augustine Catholic Church in Rensselaer. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, bird watching and being a 50-year member of Card Club. Helen cherished her time spent with her family, most of all time spent with her grandchildren. Surviving are her loving children, Karen Molter of Montmorenci, Indiana, David (Pat) Armold of Morocco, Indiana and Ruth Ann (Dave) Anderson of Burnettsville, Indiana along with eleven grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, 16 great-great grandchildren and two great-great-great grandchildren, her sister Louise Shide of Rensselaer and sisters-in-law Helen Shide and Nellie Shide both of Rensselaer and Ema Shide of Goodland, Indiana. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Eugene, three sisters, Margaret Goad, Francis Bufkin and Mary Goad, and three brothers, George, Fred and John Shide. Friends will be received at the Jackson Funeral Chapel of Rensselaer on Saturday, January 6, 2018 from 9:00-10:30 a.m. Funeral Mass will be held at the St. Augustine Catholic Church in Rensselaer on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. with Father Dennis Faker officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Rensselaer. Memorials may be made to the St. Augustine Catholic School in Rensselaer.