Patricia Jane Haskin is the daughter of Mary Ann Ward and John Prosser Haskin (Sr.). Jane, as she is known, was born 20 Feb 1924 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas. She died 3 Aug 2001 at age 77.

In 1952, she married Robert Glen Helander in Illinois. He is the son of John Oscar Helander and Mary Samborski. He was born 19 May 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He died 10 Mar 1986 at age 63 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois and was buried 14 Mar 1986 at the Bluff City Cemetery (Military Section), Elgin, Kane, Illinois.

Children of Patricia Jane Haskin and Robert Glen Helander:

1. John Robert Helander was born in 1953 in Illinois. In 1984, he married Susan Marie Kopfer in Illinois. They divorced there that same year.
2. Patricia Ellen Helander was born in 1954 in Illinois.
3. Phyllis Ann Helander was born in 1959 in Illinois.

Notes

Jane and her brother, John Haskin are twins of record proportion! In fact, their birth is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records under the heading: Heaviest Twins. In 1998, in an article for the Chariton County Historical Society, Jane talked about her birth.

Sources

Information for this family provided by Jane, herself

Robert: Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 340-12-4183).