FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FUNERAL HOMES SINCE 1881
| Helmut Manfred Boehm |
| April 6, 1925 - June 10, 2024 |
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Public Events and LocationsVisitation - Saturday, August 3, 2024, 10:00 to 11:00 AM at Wetzel and Son, RockledgeCelebration Of Life Service - Saturday, August 3, 2024, 11:00 AM at Wetzel and Son, Rockledge |
ContactsFuneral Home - Wetzel and Son Funeral Home - 419 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046 - 215-663-8550 - Map |
| Clergy - New Life Presbyterian Church Glenside - 467 North Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038 - 215-576-0892 - Map |
| Family Florist - Blake Florist - 5 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046 - 215-379-8787 - Map |
| Donation - Tunnels to Towers Foundation - 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306 - 718-987-1931 - Map |
The following obituary was composed by Helmut’s family:
Helmut Manfred (Fred) Boehm passed away at Holy Redeemer Hospital on Monday afternoon, June 10, 2024. He is the youngest son of the late Oskar and Anna Boehm. He is husband to the late Elfriede Edith (Schwarzkopf). He is the Brother in Law to Navy Veteran Gerhard Lincoln Schwarzkopf who lives in Florida. He is brother to his late sister Hilda (Late Husband: William Woehr) and late brother Heinz Boehm (Late Wife:Martha). He is father to son Gerald (Wife Shirley) and daughter Cheryl (Husband: Taher Khalil). He is Grandfather to Justin Boehm, Timothy Boehm, Christian Boehm, Samer Khalil, Omar Khalil and Ameer Khalil. He is Great Grandfather to Cassian Everett Boehm, son of Christian and Wife Stephanie.
Helmut Boehm was born on the second floor of a typical nondescript house in the village of Herold in the rolling countryside of the Erzgebirge region of Saxony on the afternoon of April 6, 1925. The youngest of three children, an older brother Heinz and older sister Hilda and parents Oskar and Anna welcomed him into the world.
At the age of three years, Helmut came to this blessed land of opportunity with his parents and siblings and settled in the working class neighborhood of Olney In the City of Phladelphia. Growing up, he was a newspaper delivery boy for the “Philadelphia Ledger” worked at a corner neighborhood Italian meat market and volunteered as a School Safety, which had its occasional benefits like going to see his favorite baseball team, the Philadelphia Athletics, in action at Shibe Park.
After graduating from Olney High School, as every other able bodied young man in 1943, he was drafted into the US Army. After Boot Camp and specialized training for the duties he would actively employ in areas of combat, Helmut served as an Ambulance Orderly (Private First Class) in the 479th Motor Ambulance Company of the United States Army. Deployed less than a month after D-Day 1944, he commenced his service during the heavy Operation Overlord combat through the Hedgerows of Normandy, France. Driving an ambulance into combat areas, he continually transported the wounded from the battlefield to evacuation airstrips and field hospitals, providing emergency treatments, administering necessary injections, blood plasma and medications, including Morphine, and applying bandages until the wounded were successfully evacuated to safety. He continued these mission critical duties until liberating the Buchenwald Concentration Camp near the end of the war.
He saw action in Northern France, Belgium and the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) the Rhineland (Remagen Bridge) and Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his voluntary participation in a night mission to evacuate wounded trapped behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest in November 1944. After the cessation of hostilities, he was tasked with the evacuation of many refugees fleeing the Soviet Army in Eastern Europe. He returned to his family on Christmas Eve, 1945 and has praised God for his many blessings ever since.
After returning from Europe and the war, his first job was an Industrial Painter, painting bridges, subway tunnels and various other structures at height. Being part of the larger German-American immigrant community of Philadelphia, he had the great fortune of meeting his wife, mother and grandmother of 66 years, Elfriede Edith Schwarzkopf. Reorienting his vocational goals to become a more supportive husband and father, he undertook an Apprenticeship along with vocational Electrician training. He was married on May 20th, 1950. Upon his passing at the age of 99 years, he was the proud father of a son (Gerald) and daughter (Cheryl), always considered his son in law Taher and daughter in law Shirley as family, and leaves behind six grandchildren and one great grandson. Additionally, he maintained loving relationships with many nieces and nephews in this country as well as family members still living in Germany.
As for community service and hobbies, he was Past Master of a local Masonic Lodge, was a leading Tenor in the local Men's Singing Chorus known as the Franklinville, was an active member of the Steuben Society and never shrank from the challenge of bringing the images found in thousand piece jigsaw puzzles to life. At the end of the day, he led a full life and had a deep and enduring faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to carry him through to the next day that now finds him in eternal rest.
He was a long time member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church located in the Somerton neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia and will be sadly missed.
Relatives and friends were invited to his visitation on Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. and celebration of life service at 11:00 A.M. at Wetzel and Son Funeral Home, 419 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Tunnels to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306
www.wetzelandson.com
Helmut Manfred (Fred) Boehm passed away at Holy Redeemer Hospital on Monday afternoon, June 10, 2024. He is the youngest son of the late Oskar and Anna Boehm. He is husband to the late Elfriede Edith (Schwarzkopf). He is the Brother in Law to Navy Veteran Gerhard Lincoln Schwarzkopf who lives in Florida. He is brother to his late sister Hilda (Late Husband: William Woehr) and late brother Heinz Boehm (Late Wife:Martha). He is father to son Gerald (Wife Shirley) and daughter Cheryl (Husband: Taher Khalil). He is Grandfather to Justin Boehm, Timothy Boehm, Christian Boehm, Samer Khalil, Omar Khalil and Ameer Khalil. He is Great Grandfather to Cassian Everett Boehm, son of Christian and Wife Stephanie.
Helmut Boehm was born on the second floor of a typical nondescript house in the village of Herold in the rolling countryside of the Erzgebirge region of Saxony on the afternoon of April 6, 1925. The youngest of three children, an older brother Heinz and older sister Hilda and parents Oskar and Anna welcomed him into the world.
At the age of three years, Helmut came to this blessed land of opportunity with his parents and siblings and settled in the working class neighborhood of Olney In the City of Phladelphia. Growing up, he was a newspaper delivery boy for the “Philadelphia Ledger” worked at a corner neighborhood Italian meat market and volunteered as a School Safety, which had its occasional benefits like going to see his favorite baseball team, the Philadelphia Athletics, in action at Shibe Park.
After graduating from Olney High School, as every other able bodied young man in 1943, he was drafted into the US Army. After Boot Camp and specialized training for the duties he would actively employ in areas of combat, Helmut served as an Ambulance Orderly (Private First Class) in the 479th Motor Ambulance Company of the United States Army. Deployed less than a month after D-Day 1944, he commenced his service during the heavy Operation Overlord combat through the Hedgerows of Normandy, France. Driving an ambulance into combat areas, he continually transported the wounded from the battlefield to evacuation airstrips and field hospitals, providing emergency treatments, administering necessary injections, blood plasma and medications, including Morphine, and applying bandages until the wounded were successfully evacuated to safety. He continued these mission critical duties until liberating the Buchenwald Concentration Camp near the end of the war.
He saw action in Northern France, Belgium and the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) the Rhineland (Remagen Bridge) and Germany. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his voluntary participation in a night mission to evacuate wounded trapped behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest in November 1944. After the cessation of hostilities, he was tasked with the evacuation of many refugees fleeing the Soviet Army in Eastern Europe. He returned to his family on Christmas Eve, 1945 and has praised God for his many blessings ever since.
After returning from Europe and the war, his first job was an Industrial Painter, painting bridges, subway tunnels and various other structures at height. Being part of the larger German-American immigrant community of Philadelphia, he had the great fortune of meeting his wife, mother and grandmother of 66 years, Elfriede Edith Schwarzkopf. Reorienting his vocational goals to become a more supportive husband and father, he undertook an Apprenticeship along with vocational Electrician training. He was married on May 20th, 1950. Upon his passing at the age of 99 years, he was the proud father of a son (Gerald) and daughter (Cheryl), always considered his son in law Taher and daughter in law Shirley as family, and leaves behind six grandchildren and one great grandson. Additionally, he maintained loving relationships with many nieces and nephews in this country as well as family members still living in Germany.
As for community service and hobbies, he was Past Master of a local Masonic Lodge, was a leading Tenor in the local Men's Singing Chorus known as the Franklinville, was an active member of the Steuben Society and never shrank from the challenge of bringing the images found in thousand piece jigsaw puzzles to life. At the end of the day, he led a full life and had a deep and enduring faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to carry him through to the next day that now finds him in eternal rest.
He was a long time member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church located in the Somerton neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia and will be sadly missed.
Relatives and friends were invited to his visitation on Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. and celebration of life service at 11:00 A.M. at Wetzel and Son Funeral Home, 419 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to Tunnels to Towers Foundation, 2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306
www.wetzelandson.com
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