Individual Details
Wilbur "Bink" HELSTERN
(3 Jul 1901 - 1983)
He was known as "Bink."
Events
| Birth | 3 Jul 1901 | ||||
| Education | Abt 1917 | through 2 years of high school before dropping out - Montg Co OH |  |  | |
| Marriage | Abt 1920 | Dayton OH - Elizabeth MILLER | |||
| Death | 1983 | Dayton OH | |||
| Occupation | 1917 to retirement | employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad - OH, IN, IL and various other states | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth MILLER (1899 - 1997) |
| Father | George HELSTERN (1872 - 1937) |
| Mother | Bessie ERBAUGH ( - 1961) |
| Sibling | Harold Emery "Bi" HELSTERN (1899 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Unnamed girl HELSTERN (1902 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Russell Fred "Russ" HELSTERN (1903 - 1973) |
Notes
Education
Jim HELSTERN recalls that he dropped out of school after 8th grade. Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh remembers that it was after 2 years of high school. But, at any rate, he did not graduate from high school.He immediately went to work at the Pennsylvania Railroad "where he worked all his life."
Occupation
Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh: "Bink worked with the Pennsylvania Railroad and stayed with it. They moved all around and he got a pretty high up position."Endnotes
1. Interview with A. James HELSTERN (), by Mary Sue HELSTERN Rosenberger, 4 May 2006. Transcript held by mshr., inerview.
2. Interview with Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh (), by Mary Sue HELSTERN Rosenberger, 21 Apr & 5 May 2006. Transcript held by mshr (). questionnaire & mini-tape, questionnaire & mini-tape.
3. Interview with Charlotte HELSTERN Paugh (), by Mary Sue HELSTERN Rosenberger, 21 Apr & 5 May 2006. Transcript held by mshr (). questionnaire & mini-tape, questionnaire & mini-tape.