Helen Margaret Peterson Ahr, daughter of Clyde Peterson and Ruth Peterson, born in Rockford, Illinois, on September 25, 1920. She graduated from Rockford High School in 1938 and later earned a bachelor’s degree from Rockford College, a Master’s Degree in History from Northern Illinois University in 1968 and anther Master’s Degree in Teaching from Rockford College in 1971. She was a teacher in Rockford, Illinois in the Public-School System.
Helen was married in 1942 in Fort Pickett, Virginia to the late Colonel Lee Allen Ahr and is survived by four daughters – Barbara Sweasy, Hilton Head, SC; Patricia Ann Bergere, Raleigh, NC; Jaye Novell, Orlando, FL and Linda Patenaude, Raleigh, NC. She had one son – Lee Allen Ahr, Jr (deceased). She had 12 Grandchildren, 16 Great Grandchildren (with one on the way), a sister, Lucille Nadler, Lake Mills, WI and niece and nephew, Sheryl Schroeder, Jefferson, WI and Robert Nadler, Madison, WI.
Helen 's wishes were for cremation and to have a Celebration of Life Service at a future date. Memorial gifts to honor Helen can be made online at go.unc.edu/unchospice, or checks made payable to the Medical Foundation of NC may be mailed to 123 West Franklin Street, Suite 510, Chapel Hill NC 27516.
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