Helen Berenthien
September 3, 1930 — August 25, 2017
Reverend Helen Berenthien, 86, of Columbus, GA, died Friday, August 25, 2017 at her home.
Memorial Services will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, September 2, 2017 at St. Luke United Methodist Church 318 11th St. Columbus, GA 31901 with Rev. Robert Beckum officiating. A reception will be held following the service in Stockwell Hall according to McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Rev. Berenthien was born September 3, 1930 in Savannah, GA, daughter of the late Theodor Christian Berenthien and Marian Stubbs Berenthien. She graduated from A.L. Miller High School, Macon, GA in 1948 where she was Valedictorian. Rev. Berenthien graduated from Del Mar Junior College in Corpus Christi, TX in 1950 with an Associates in Art Degree, was a 1968 graduate of Mercer University with a Bachelor's Degree in Law and a 1970 Graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law with her Juris Doctor. On October 19, 1970, Rev. Berenthien passed the Georgia Bar Exam and was admitted to practice law. She was the Appointed Clerk of court U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Georgia in 1980 and resigned in 1985 to enter fulltime volunteer ministry with Covenant House Texas in Houston, TX. While at Covenant House Rev. Berenthien heard the call into fulltime ministry and entered Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA in September of 1988 where she graduated in 1991 with a Master of Divinity Degree. She was ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1994. Rev. Berenthien was appointed Associate Pastor at St. Luke United Methodist Church as Minister of Pastoral Care and Older Adults in June 1991. She retired from fulltime ministry in 2012. She was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus, St. Luke Older Adult Council, Respite Care Advisory Board and was a Prayer Room and St. Luke Respite Care Volunteer. Rev. Berenthien was also an outstanding Sunday School and Bible Study teacher and led numerous classes both at St. Luke and throughout the community.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Berenthien Wilson and brothers-in-law, Dr. Robert Leroy Wilson and George Platt.
Survivors include her siblings, Barbara Berenthien Deaver (Bascom S. Deaver, Jr.) of Charlottesville, VA, Theodor Christian Berenthien, Jr. (Wilma Quinley Berenthien) of Baltimore, MD, and Marian Berenthien Platt, Wake Forest, NC and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
1104 2nd Ave
Columbus, ga, 31901
Memorial Services will be held 3:00 PM Saturday, September 2, 2017 at St. Luke United Methodist Church 318 11th St. Columbus, GA 31901 with Rev. Robert Beckum officiating. A reception will be held following the service in Stockwell Hall according to McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Rev. Berenthien was born September 3, 1930 in Savannah, GA, daughter of the late Theodor Christian Berenthien and Marian Stubbs Berenthien. She graduated from A.L. Miller High School, Macon, GA in 1948 where she was Valedictorian. Rev. Berenthien graduated from Del Mar Junior College in Corpus Christi, TX in 1950 with an Associates in Art Degree, was a 1968 graduate of Mercer University with a Bachelor's Degree in Law and a 1970 Graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law with her Juris Doctor. On October 19, 1970, Rev. Berenthien passed the Georgia Bar Exam and was admitted to practice law. She was the Appointed Clerk of court U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Georgia in 1980 and resigned in 1985 to enter fulltime volunteer ministry with Covenant House Texas in Houston, TX. While at Covenant House Rev. Berenthien heard the call into fulltime ministry and entered Candler School of Theology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA in September of 1988 where she graduated in 1991 with a Master of Divinity Degree. She was ordained as an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1994. Rev. Berenthien was appointed Associate Pastor at St. Luke United Methodist Church as Minister of Pastoral Care and Older Adults in June 1991. She retired from fulltime ministry in 2012. She was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Columbus, St. Luke Older Adult Council, Respite Care Advisory Board and was a Prayer Room and St. Luke Respite Care Volunteer. Rev. Berenthien was also an outstanding Sunday School and Bible Study teacher and led numerous classes both at St. Luke and throughout the community.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Berenthien Wilson and brothers-in-law, Dr. Robert Leroy Wilson and George Platt.
Survivors include her siblings, Barbara Berenthien Deaver (Bascom S. Deaver, Jr.) of Charlottesville, VA, Theodor Christian Berenthien, Jr. (Wilma Quinley Berenthien) of Baltimore, MD, and Marian Berenthien Platt, Wake Forest, NC and many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Memorial Service
SEP 2. 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
St. Luke United Methodist Church1104 2nd Ave
Columbus, ga, 31901
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