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Helene Alice Kahlstorf Helene Alice Short Kahlstorf was born October 9, 1939, in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, to Rev D. Robert Short and Helen E.M. Stuve Short. Her father was a Free Methodist pastor and college science professor, and her mother was a Registered Nurse. During her earliest years, the Short family lived in Barron, Wisconsin, but with the American entry into World War II, they moved to the South Side of Chicago while her father worked for the Civil Air Patrol. After the war was over, the Shorts moved to various parishes in rural eastern South Dakota, including Brookings and Ortley. Helene attended high school and her first couple of years of college at Wessington Springs [SD] Academy and Junior College, where her father taught science. She spent a brief but enjoyable time at Seattle Pacific College before returning to Brookings, SD to complete her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. While in college at Wessington Springs, Helene met Kenneth Kahlstorf, and the ....