Another Phoenix fan, ‘Mrs. Mooch’ Van Den Elzen passes

Helena K. Van Den Elzen, age 83 passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. “Mrs. Mooch” was a decades-long fan of Green Bay women’s basketball dating back to when here daughter, Mariann Van Den Elzen played in the 1990s. She and her husband were annual donors to the Phoenix Fund and the Carol A. Hammerle Scholarship Fund. According to her obituary, she was a devoted sports fan for any team from Wisconsin, but one  of her life’s highlights was traveling with the UW-Green Bay women’s basketball team. Services were yesterday, Monday, March 19, 2018) in Appleton. See the obituary.