Ann Regina (Collins) Helmstadter (1928 - 1999)

Born 8 Oct 1928 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Harry Phillip Helmstadter — married 10 Dec 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Ann was a Teacher.

Ann was an Event Organizer.

Ann was born in 1928. She passed away in 1999.

Residence 1940 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; Birth Date 1929; Daughter; Parents: William and Jane Shanley Collins; Three Siblings; Other: Catherine Moran F 74 Connecticut Lodger. ^[1]

Military - Post WWII. Darby Casern (Nurnberg, Germany) to Host 200 Refugees From Camp Valka. The 200 children (3 to 8 years old) are expected to arrive for the 1955 Christmas Day dinner ("foster-fathers-for-a-day") sponsored by the military units, as follows:

1. 7822d AU [Airborne?]
2. 15th Engineering Battalion
3. 27th Base Post Office
4. 540th MP

A gathering right after the dinner at the service club for games and entertainment was directed by Ann Collins, Joan Babich and Dorothy Hickox. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Military Air Transport. Departed from Frankfurt, Germany (page 6). Arrival: 18 Oct 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ; Manifest Destination: McGuire AFB, Wrightstown AFB. ^[5]

Marriage Harry Helmstadter and Ann Regina Collins 10 Dec 1956 at New Haven, Connecticut, ^{[6] [3]}

Charity Event. Ann is chairperson of the Harvest Moon Ball to occur on 12 Sep 1964 in the New Dimeling Hotel (Clearfield Pa). Fall social event is sponsoring the Children's Aid Auxillary. The patrons committee for the dance is chaired by Mrs. F. Cortez Bell and Mrs. Karl D Scheffer. ^[7]

Ann Regina (Collins) Helmstadter Death 8 Jun 1999 at Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware. ^[4]

Find A Grave Ann Regina Collins Helmstadter; BIRTH unknown; DEATH 8 Jun 1999. Mrs. Helmstadter, born in New Haven, CT, was an honors graduate of Vassar College and performed as a harp soloist with the New Haven and Yale Symphonies from age 13. She was a Director in the US Army Special Services stationed in Germany where her posts included Grafenwoehr, Schwabach and Nuernberg. After marriage to Harry P. Helmstadter, Jr. in 1956, she resided and taught in FL and PA, receiving her masters after settling in Wilmington, DE in 1971. She was a counselor in the Conrad and Colonial School Districts for 21 years.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWMB-VQ2 : Fri Mar 08 15:43:54 UTC 2024), Entry for William Collins and Jane Shanley Collins, 1940.
2. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry.com. Stars and Stripes Newspaper, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, 1942-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:The ‘Stars and Stripes’ Newspaper of the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa, 1942-1958; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1506, 138 rolls); Publications of the U.S. Government, Record Group 287; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Page 10. Accessed 27 Apr 2024 by Scheffer-943.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29420199/ann-regina-helmstadter: accessed 14 October 2023), memorial page for Ann Regina Collins Helmstadter (unknown–8 Jun 1999), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29420199, citing All Saints Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA; Maintained by kmwebb (contributor 49518988).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} OBITUARIES - Ann Regina Collins Helmstadter, published in The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 12 • 14 Jun 1999 (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/159482724/) Accessed 27 Apr 2024 by Scheffer-943.
5. ↑ Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1798-1962 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Original data:Selected Passenger and Crew Lists and Manifests. The National Archives at Washington, D.CA full list of sources can be found here. Page 150. Accessed 27 Apr 2024 by Scheffer-943.
6. ↑ WEB: Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968 (https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/) search on helmst
7. ↑ Patrons Listed For Harvest Moon Ball, published in Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry.com. The Progress (Clearfield, Pennsylvania) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:The Progress. Clearfield, PA, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Page 29; 10 Sep 1964. Accessed 01 May 2024 by Scheffer-943.

Research Notes

FamilySearch Person: LRM5-FTH

Morale – Sustaining the Cognitive Weapon of War: Insights from the World War II Special Services Division
(https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1137027.pdf)

Preliminary Inventory to the U.S. | Army Special Services Collection
(https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NMAH.AC.0785.pdf)

AAD | Ann Regina Collins (https://aad.archives.gov/aad/free-text-search-results.jsp?cat=all&q=Ann+Regina+Collins&btnSearch=Search&as_alq=&as_anq=&as_epq=&as_woq=)