Helen Jean Majko

Helen Jean Majko was born Nov. 12, 1933 to Dwight and Avril Kudrle in Sioux City, Iowa. "Jean" grew up the youngest of three children in a strong Protestant family. She spent her childhood days helping her folks in the family ice cream parlor and riding her beloved horse. At the age of 11 she tragically lost her older sister, Myrna, to a car accident. She later attended one year of college in Minnesota where she lived with her aunt. This is where she met the man she couldn't live without, Thomas McGuire. Against her families wishes she ran away to St. Paul, Minn., was confirmed Catholic, and m...