Helen M. Jaquet

Helen M. Ja­quet, 77, of Hori­con passed away peace­fully on Wednes­day, Dec. 28, 2022, at the Re­mem­brance Home in Beaver Dam.
Helen was born Au­gust 9, 1945, the daugh­ter of Au­gust and Dorothy (Kruel) Ja­quet in Hori­con. She was a grad­u­ate of Con­cor­dia Lutheran Col­lege.
Helen was a Lutheran school teacher and began her teach­ing ca­reer in Michi­gan. Later, she moved back to Hori­con to care for her mother, Dorothy. At this time, she also taught at St. Stephen’s Ev. Lutheran School in Hori­con for many years. Helen was a fos­ter par­ent and later op­er­ated the Ja­quet Day Care Cen­ter out of her home.
She was a life­long faith­ful mem­ber of St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Hori­con.
Helen en­joyed gar­den­ing with her mother. She loved craft­ing and sewing. Helen es­pe­cially en­joyed the com­pan­ion­ship of her three golden re­triev­ers and her cats.
Helen is sur­vived by her sis­ter, Ruth Ul­rich of Hori­con; her adopted son, Michael (An­nick) Ja­quet and their daugh­ters, Au­tumn and Eliyana; her adopted daugh­ter, Maria Ja­quet and her daugh­ter, Trin­ity; her nieces and nephews, Lisa (Todd) Wanie (Helen’s guardian), Linda (Robert) Wil­son, Larry (Jamie) Ul­rich, Diane (Doug) Flouro, Sherry Ja­quet, Chris­tine Villa, Carol Car­lin, Con­nie (Roger) Mack­lin, Cur­tis Ja­quet and Colleen (James) Hoth-Ja­quet. She is fur­ther sur­vived by other rel­a­tives and friends.
She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents; her sis­ter, Em­i­lie; and her broth­ers, Robert, Arthur and Ed­ward; and her nephew, Carl Ja­quet.
A memo­r­ial gath­er­ing for Helen was held at St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church in Hori­con on Wednes­day, Jan. 4, from 10:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. A Memo­r­ial Ser­vice began at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Daniel See­hafer of­fi­ci­at­ing. In­urn­ment will be at Oak Hill Ceme­tery at a later date.
In lieu of flow­ers, memo­r­ial do­na­tions in Helen’s name may be made to St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran Church or St. Stephen Ev. Lutheran School.
The Koepsell-Mur­ray Fu­neral Home in Hori­con is car­ing for the fam­ily. On­line con­do­lences may be made at www.​koepsellfh.​com.