Mary Helen Vorwerk

Mary Helen Vorwerk, 73, of Burlington, died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at home.

No service or visitation is planned. As per Mrs. Vorwerk?s request, cremation has been accorded.

Arrangements are in the care of Hass-Thielen Funeral Home of Burlington.

Online condolences may be sent at www.hassthielen.com.

Mrs. Vorwerk was born June 25, 1938, in Iowa City, the daughter of Harold Franklin and Elsie Irene Olson McIntire. She married James E. Vorwerk Dec. 27, 1958, in Burlington.

Mrs. Vorwerk was a 1956 graduate of Fairfield High School. She had worked at Midwest Biscuit and Sylvania.

Mrs. Vorwerk was a member of Saints John and Paul Catholic Church.

She enjoyed walking, riding her bike, making crafts, cleaning her house and shopping.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Tim Vorwerk and Mark Vorwerk, both of Burlington; two grandchildren; one brother, Steven McIntire of Grimes; and three sisters, Arlene Haifley and Marilyn Kane, both of Fairfield, and Pam Cubbage of Batavia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Harold McIntire and Dale McIntire; and two sisters, Janet Dickey and Carol Myers.