Helen Karoline Ward, 90, a native of Chicago and a resident of Bay Minette, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 at North Baldwin Infirmary.
She was raised in Dyas and after school left for Chicago and opened and operated a beauty shop, returned to Bay Minette in 1961 and opened the Sportsman Bait & Tackle Shop and then the Baldwin Motel & Restaurant.
She was preceded in death by her parents John and Margaret Soloman Pimperl; two brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include a brother, Paul (Mary) Pimperl of Bay Minette; sister, Anitha Nagelsmit of Bay Minette; sister-in-law, Mitzi Pimperl of Phillipsville; a host of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 29 from the chapel of Norris Funeral Home with the Rev. Timothy Pimperl officiating. Burial followed at Bay Minette Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by Norris Funeral Home, Bay Minette.
