Ervin J. Heltemes

Visitation- Monday, July 12, 2021 from 2pm-4pm @ HERITAGE FUNERAL HOME (4800 S. 84th St. Greenfield, WI)

Service- Monday, July 12, 2021 @ 4pm @ HERITAGE FUNERAL HOME (4800 S. 84th St. Greenfield, WI))

Burial- Tuesday, July 13, 2021 @ 10am @ HIGHLAND MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY (14875 W. Greenfield Ave. New Berlin, WI) meet at cemetery

Ervin John Heltemes, 88, of Cudahy, passed away on Tuesday July 6, 2021 at Hales Corners Care Center with his family at his side.

Ervin was born on March 29, 1933, in Bluffton, Minnesota, the son of the late Mathias and Frances (Vorderbruggen) Heltemes. On September 17, 1960, he was united in marriage to Joanne Terek at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Franklin. Ervin served his country in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.  After returning from the Army, Ervin did various jobs in Minnesota before moving to Wisconsin. Ervin worked at different industrial jobs before being hired in 1971 as a custodian with the Cudahy Public School System working until retirement in 1998. Ervin enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing cards with friends and family, woodworking, gardening and nature. Ervin loved spending time with his family. He was a gentle, caring man with a tremendous smile, and a big heart. Incredibly generous, Ervin always made time to help family and friends.  Ervin is survived by his wife, Joanne; four children, Corinne (Tom) Chasco-Glowinski, Michael (Carmen) Heltemes, Kathy (Tim) Glowinski, and Robert (Amy) Heltemes; eight grandchildren, Matthew (Amy) Chasco, Steffanie Chasco, Andrea Chasco, Jimmy Chasco, Joseph Heltemes, Bryan Heltemes, Ivan Heltemes, and Victor Heltemes; two great grandchildren Emma and Noah; a sister-in-law, Mary Heltemes, and numerous nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.  In addition to his parents, Ervin was preceded in death by seven brothers, Leonard, Louie, Walter, Arthur, Jerome, Andrew, Mathias and three sisters, Irene Kopischke, Marian Brockpahler and Mabel Heltemes. Visitation is Monday July 12, 2021 from 2 to 4pm, followed by a service at Heritage Funeral Home, 4800 South 84^th Street, Greenfield, WI.  Burial will be Tuesday July 13, 2021 at 10 am at Highland Memorial Park 14875 West Greenfield Avenue, New Berlin, WI. Memorials can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Fisher House Foundation.  The family would like to thank the staff of the Hales Corners Care Center for their care of Ervin over the past several weeks.