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Thomas Helms
Burial will be at Davenport Memorial Park. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, 614 Main St., Davenport, where a prayer service will be offered at 4:30 p.m. There will be an additional visitation at church one hour prior to Mass time. Mr. Helms passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street, Davenport, following a brief illness. Thomas H. Helms was born Dec. 4, 1924, in Kokomo, Ind., a son of Roscoe "Steve" and Grace Marie Hart Helms. He was a 1942 graduate of Davenport High. Tom served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, SHAEF Headquarters in England, France and Germany from 1943-46. Tom was united in marriage to Joan T. Johnson on Nov. 16, 1949, at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport. In his years in the auto business, he owned and operated several dealerships including Strieter Motor Company, Davenport. He received many awards including repeat President's Awards, and Strieter Motor Company was recently honored by Ford Motor Company as the nation's oldest Lincoln dealership. In 1975, he received the Quality Dealer Award from Time Magazine. In 1973, he served as president of the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association and continued to serve on their management board, and also as president of Scott County Auto Dealers. He also served two terms on the Lincoln Mercury National Dealer Council; Chicago and St. Louis Lincoln Mercury Dealer Advertising board member, National Automobile Dealers Association Industry Relations Committee and Hawkeye Insurance Board. Mr. Helms was also very civic minded and actively participated in several leadership roles which included the original Transit Authority, City Reorganization Committee, City of Davenport 1st Consumer Affairs Committee, City of Davenport Plan and Zone Commission; served two vice-president terms for Chamber of Commerce, chairing the Transportation, Local Government and North Davenport Committees; vice-president Mississippi Valley Fair Board and he continued to serve on their board for many years; vice-president Underwriters Group, served on the Davenport Park Advisory Board, Tax Assessor's Review Board, served two terms as president Crow Valley Country Club, member of Palmer Chiropractor College Board of Directors. He was an original founding member of North Scott Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow; received the Bob Fry Award for his work in establishing the First Tee Program. Tom was a member of St. Anthony's Church, where he served on the parish council and the finance committee. While wintering in Naples, Fla., he was a member of Foxfire Country Club, serving on the Architectural Review Committee and Road Safety Committee. Tom enjoyed playing gin rummy with his friends and had been an avid golfer for many years. Memorials may be made to the Kahl Home, 6701 Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport, IA 52807; or Handicapped Development Center, 3402 Hickory Grove Road, Davenport, IA 52806. He is survived by his loving wife, Joan; and their sons, Jeff (Mindy) Helms, Davenport, Jack (Kate) Helms, Minneapolis, Minn., and David Helms, Davenport; six wonderful grandchildren, Anne, Maggie, Tom, Joe, John and Andy Helms. Tom was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Jack, who died in Korea in 1952; and his beloved German shepherd, Rocky. Online remembrances and condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting Tom's obituary at www.hmdfuneralhome.com. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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