Helen Duke

Helen K. Duke died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Virginia Health and Rehabilitation Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin at the age of 86.  She was born on January 7, 1924 in Preston, Georgia to Joseph and Laura (nee:  Addy) Herlovich.  Helen was a wonderful Southern Belle living in Georgia most of her life.  She moved to Wisconsin in 2005 to be near her daughter and family. She will be sadly missed by her son Stephen Edmond (Anne) Duke of Athens, GA, daughter Joanna (Robert) Kahler of New Berlin, grandchildren John Gilbert Duke of Athens, GA; Melanie Kathryn Kloth of New Berlin; Robert (Amanda) Kahler of Waukesha.  She is the very proud great grandmother of Christian Michael Kloth, Cassia Jordan Kloth, Corinna Bethany Kloth, Renata Christina Kloth, Katlyn Louise Kahler, Robert Phillip Kahler and Jonathan James Kahler.  She is further survived by her dear sister, Mary Worthington of Lumpkin GA; two brothers, William Herlovich of Fitzgerald, GA and Bobby Herlovich of Punta Gorda, FL. She was preceded in death by her husband, John G. Duke. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave. Waukesha, WI from 4:00 PM until the 5:00 PM memorial service all at the funeral home.  Interment will take place at a later date at the Preston Civic Cemetery in Preston Georgia.  If desired, memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association 620 S. 76th Street, Suite 160 Milwaukee, WI 53214-1549.  For further information, please call Randle-Dable Funeral Home at (262) 547-4035, or go to www.waukeshafunerals.com for directions or to leave an on-line tribute.