Successful Veteran Promoter Edward Helfrich Passes
Posted By Paul on December 30, 2004
Another sad obituary.
Successful Veteran Promoter Edward Helfrich Passes
By Doc Lehman
Edward Helfrich, 76, of Haubstadt, IN, passed away suddenly on Wednesday December 29, 2004 from a heart attack. Helfrich was the long time owner of the famed Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN and was also involved in racing via his son, Tom Helfrich’s racing team and driving career. Helfrich and his wife, Irma, acquired Tri State Speedway in 1958.
Edward Helfrich promoted Tri State Speedway for nearly 30 years and had a long established successful racing program in place at the quarter mile high banked dirt racetrack located in southern Indiana. Eventually Helfrich’s son, Tom, his wife, Loris and son Blake assumed the reins of Tri State Speedway after Tom Helfrich’s retirement from driving dirt Late Models.
Helfrich leaves behind his wife of 54 years, Irma, daughters Karen Maurer, Janet Adler, Nancy Mayer; sons, Jim and Tom, who is an inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday, December 31, 2004 at Pierre Funeral Home in Evansville, IN from 2:00 – 8:00 PM CST. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 1, 2005 at the Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Haubstadt, IN at 12:00 PM CST. Memorial contributions may be made to Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 211 N. Vine St, Haubstadt, IN 47639.
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