David Michael Helm

David Helm passed away on August 27, 2024 at the age of 77. While he will be greatly missed, his spirit for adventure and deep love of nature lives on through his children and grandchildren. David was also an athlete until the end spending time with friends on his mountain bike or kayak and walking miles a day with his trusty sidekick Quigley.

David was an inductee of the Wittenberg Athletic Hall of Honor for his stadium record in the long jump and served as track and field team captain winning conference MVP honors in both 1968 and 1969.

David and his wife Julie, who met in High School and married in 1969 after graduating from Wittenberg, recently celebrated their 55th year of marriage.

David was born in Kettering, Ohio and lived there until attending college in Springfield, Ohio. The family moved to Bay Village in 1981 for a career opportunity with Apex Paper Box which lasted 28 years. David and Julie retired to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2012.

Donations in his memory can be made to the www.iwmf.com in honor of a 15 year battle that he fought against this rare and incurable disease. In classic David fashion he beat every odd this disease threw at him and continued to live an active and full life until the end.