Helen K. Marquart, 94 years old of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away at 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in the Parkview Randallia Hospital located in Fort Wayne. Helen was born on Saturday, January 18, 1919 in Payne, Ohio the daughter of the late Lewis H. Klinker and the late Hattie M. (Miller) Klinker. She married the late Isaac Benjamin Marquart and he passed away in 2002 after 51 years of marriage. Helen had been a member of the Park Forest Church of God on Stellhorn Rd. in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Helen started Magic Mirror Beauty Salon in 1945 on the corner of Main and Calhoun streets; and a few years later moved her shop to 708 Columbia Ave. where she continued until she retired in 1995. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Preceding Helen in death were 5 brothers, Harry, Raymond, Homer, Ralph, and Ernest Klinker; and 5 sisters, Sadie Longardner, Pearl Ohler, Mary Brown, Irene Deneve, and Maxine Deneve. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 3, 2013 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel with Pastors Ralph and Harold Klinker officiating. Interment will follow in the Monroeville Memorial Cemetery, Monroeville, Indiana. Friends will be received from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 3, 2013 in the Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, Jacobs Chapel, Monroeville, Indiana. Preferred memorials are to Parkview Hospice, Allen County League for the Blind or The Gideons.
