Henry J. Helberg

07/29/2002

Henry J. Helberg, 79, of Fort Wayne, Ind., formerly of Stockbridge, died Monday at home. Born in Andover, Vt., on Nov. 17, 1922, he was the son of Edgar W. and Alice Tayton Helberg. He had resided in Stockbridge from 1948 until 1962. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Mr. Helberg was employed as an advance quality control engineer at GE in Pittsfield from 1948 until 1984. He was an adjunct professor at Indiana Tech from 1974 until 1996, where he also served as dean of engineering from 1986 until 1988. He held various offices in the Fort Wayne Engineers Club and was awarded the Citizen Engineer of the Year award by the N.C. Indiana Engineer Society in 1997. He leaves his wife, the former Nancianne Shaw, whom he married Aug. 31, 1942, in Vermont; three daughters, Sarah Trittipo of Fort Wayne, Betsy Kirk of Cambridge and Jane Vorndran of Hoagland, Ind.; a brother, Paul Helberg of Springfield; two sisters, Muriel Sullivan of Chicopee and Grace Didan of Manchester, Conn., and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by two sons, Larry Helberg, who died in 1964, and Derek Helberg, who died in 1968.

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