Paul Robert Helwer was born on the 16th day of August, 1941 in Pasadena, California, at 79 years of age he was reunited with his wife Seilosa in Heaven on the 10th day of January, 2021.. He is survived by his daughter Lisa Helwer and Jeremy Castro, his son Samuel and Gwen Helwer, his grandchildren Samantha and Cameron Martinez, Zachary McKeever, Jonathan Alastra, Mausali and Marcelo Helwer, sister Joan and Bill Helwer-Carlson He had a long career of 44 years as an Engineer for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) starting in Eureka, Ca and ending in West Sacramento, Ca when retired as Senior Environmental Planner. The Samoa Bridge in Eureka was one of his most special projects he worked on during all of his years with Caltrans. He was also very proud to serve his country in the US Army and National Guard, in the span of combined time from 1962 until 2001 when he retired as a Staff Sargeant (E6). During that time he traveled the world from Libya, Iran, Korea, Panama, to name a few. Most importantly he landed on Nukulaelae, in Tuvalu where he met his wife Seilosa, they were on their 50th year of marriage when she went to be with the God. He was a wonderful Husband, Father, Brother and Grandfather. Following his retirements, his passion was caring for his family and especially the grandchildren. He never missed an opportunity to babysit, sit in on a zoom class, or just hang out with his family. That was his happiness. Private Memorial Service and Burial will be held on Tuesday the 26th day of January, 2021 at Sunset Memorial Park, 3975 Broadway St., Eureka, CA 95203. He is loved by family and will be deeply missed.
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