Helder's obituary
HELDER FERNANDO FERREIRA WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 10, 1959, IN ALCOBAÇA, PORTUGAL, AND PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 4, 2026, IN CHAMBERLAIN, SOUTH DAKOTA. HIS SON, EVERETT FERREIRA WAS BY HIS SIDE FOR HIS FINAL MOMENTS.
HELDER WAS A PASSIONATE PHILADELPHIA SPORTS FAN, AND THOSE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM WILL REMEMBER HIS VIBRANT SPIRIT. HIS PASSING HAS CREATED A SIGNIFICANT VOID IN THE HEARTS OF HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MANY OTHERS WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED.
WE INVITE YOU TO REMEMBER HIM NOT FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH HIS LIFE ENDED, BUT FOR HOW HE LIVED IT AND THE LASTING IMPRESSION HE LEFT ON EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM. HELDER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ALBINO AND ALICE FERREIRA AND BROTHER LOUIE FERREIRA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, EVERETT, AS WELL AS HIS SISTERS, EVA, MARIA, AND SYLVIA. ADDITIONALLY, HE LEAVES BEHIND BELOVED NEPHEWS, NIECES, AND COUSINS WHO CHERISHED HIM DEEPLY.