Larry Leo Helmle, age 88, a lifelong resident of Spragueville, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, at University of Iowa Hospital. A funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a. m. , Friday, June 24, 2022, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Preston, Iowa. Burial will be in the Spragueville Cemetery. Visitation will be held 4:00 – 7:00 p. m. , Thursday, June 23, 2022, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Preston, Iowa, and one hour prior to the service at the Church. Larry was born June 17, 1934, to Leo and Florence (Michels) Helmle above the family store in Spragueville. He attended Spragueville country school and then completed two years of high school in Preston. He then went to work for Ed Asmussen doing construction. He followed that with a short stint at the railroad along with beginning his lifelong career of farming and carpentry. After retirement at age 80, he could always find a job to do with his skid loader. Larry married Donna Eickert on July 22, 1953, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in. . .