I OCTOBER 20, 2010 Independent Record Page 7A AreaDeaths Helen Lora Jenkins Welsh Helen Lora Jenkins Welsh was delivered safely into the arms of our Lord on Oct. 12, 2010. Helen was born March 14, 1912, in Cairo, W.Va. She was the oldest of three children born to John Manchiel Jenkins and Maude Estella (Weaver) Jenkins. Helen's father, John, was a farmer's son who went on to teach school.
John became ill, and due to his health had to quit teaching. He became a a a a a a a a a a rural mail carrier, where he met Maude. Later, the family moved to Parkersburg, W.Va. where John went into partnership in a furniture store. When Helen was 4, her father contracted typhoid fever and died.
Her brother Eugene was 3 and her brother John was 1. Helen was old enough to recall much about her father and remembered him with great affection. After John passed away, Helen's mother decided she wanted to become a Methodist minister, and went to missionary school. Later, her mother became an assistant minister and later became one of the first women to become ordained as a minister in the Methodist Church. From both of her parents Helen learned about perseverance in the face of great adversity and the value of education.
Her love of learning and her connection to the Methodist Church as well as her Christian faith were very important in her life. Helen graduated from Fairfield High School in Lilly Chapel, Ohio, where she was salutatorian in her class. After high school, Helen wanted to work in the church, so she attended a two- -year course in the Cincinnati Missionary Training School, graduat-1 ing at the top of her class. Helen graduated during the Depression, so she took what jobs were available. She worked in a Christmas card factory, a food factory and Goodwill Industries in Cincinnati.
She had great memories of her life and friends in Cincinnati and the good times they Welsh had. However, her heart remained with the church so she sent a letter to the Methodist church looking for work and was offered two different positions. The one she decided to take found her spending three days and three nights on a bus from Ohio, arriving in Helena on July 4, 1935. She started working as house mother to the older boys at the Deaconess School (which is now the Intermountain Children's Home) in their new building on Sierra Road. Three months after Helen arrived, the big earthquake of 1935 hit Helena and the four -story building was severely damaged.
Helen said, "God took care of us." The night of the earthquake the men of the community tossed out the mattresses and the staff and children spent the night on mattresses in the garage. The next day, they moved to the Shanty Dance Hall. They slept there and local ranchers' wives fed them. Eventually they 1 rented out the hospital where the Lundy Center is now located. Throughout her life, Helen remained friends with one of the boys for whom she was house mother.
Ed and Doris Bowers and their family were lifelong friends of Helen and her family. Helen met her husband, Karl, on her birthday at a dance at the Shanty. She told of how a "big blonde guy" waded through the group of men surrounding her and her friends and asked her to dance. Three months later they were married. Together they enjoyed 63 years of marriage before Karl passed away.
They had four children, Barbara (born in 1940), Karla (born in 1941), Judy (born in 1944) and Steve (born in 1953). All of Retz Funeral Home Providing Caring and Personal Service Pre-Arrangements Chris Holt Traditional Funeral Services Cremation Services 406-442-1550 THURSDAY WELSH, Helen 98, of Helena. A viewing will be held at Retz Funeral Home Chapel today, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Covenant United Methodist Church with a reception to follow the service at the church. Burial will be held at Forestvale Cemetery immediately following the reception.
Memorials in Helen's name are suggested to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, 2nd Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814. To offer condolences to the family or to share a memory of Helen, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com. e.com. MONDAY FOLEY, John 87, of Helena. A rosary service is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24, at Retz Funeral Home Chapel with family receiving friends beginning at 6 p.m. A funeral Mass is set for noon Monday, Oct. 25, at the Cathedral of St. Helena with a reception to follow in the Brondel Center of the Cathedral.
Burial with military honors is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the Laurel City Cemetery, Laurel. Memorials are suggested to the Fort Harrison Voluntary Services, P.O. Box 167, Fort Harrison, MT 59636 or to the charity of the donor's choice.
To offer condolences to the family or to share a memory of John, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com. Retz Funeral Home 442-1550 Anderson, Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home Crematory 650 Logan Street 406.442.8520 www.aswfuneralhome.com Randy Wilke Tom Twichel "In Our Care" FRIDAY service BARBER, celebrating LaDene LaDene's life will be at 11:30 a.m. 51, of Helena, A memorial Friday, Oct. 22, at St. Paul's United Resurrection Methodist CemeChurch.
Interment will follow at tery. A reception will be at Green graveside Meadow service. Country Club Condolences immediately to the family may be sent by visiting: following the www.aswfuneralhome.com. HELENA SUNSET MEMORIAL 7100 N. Montana Ave.
458-5732 GARDENS CREMATORY Bart Thompson Simple, Basic Cremations the children were born with cystic fibrosis. Helen spent most of her time at home being a stayat -home mother to her sick children, but did occasionally work jobs outside of the home. One of her jobs was as a checker at Safeway, which was located downtown. Helen was a great storyteller and loved to share anecdotes with family and friends. In one of her family's favorite stories, she told of the time an elegantly dressed lady stepped up to her lane and began checking out a large number of beautiful steaks.
Helen remarked to the woman, "My you certainly have a large family. What a nice dinner to have for them." The lady smiled and nodded. Later one of the other checkers mentioned to Helen that the elegantly dressed lady was Dorothy Baker, aka "Big Dorothy." During the 1940s, Helen and Karl purchased a ranch between Helena and Missoula. Karl was working for the railroad and gone much of the time, so Helen managed the ranch. She loved ranch life and told many great stories including meeting a cougar on the porch.
She ran one way and thankfully the cougar ran the other. She loved to cook for people and was a wonderful cook. One time she made several pies in anticipation of company at the ranch. She came back to the kitchen to find two of her best pies gone. She tracked down the culprits her daughters Barbie and Karla were quite fond of Mama's pie and each girl had packed off their favorite pie to the barn for a feast! Helen loved new experiences and travel.
She and Karl took a trip to Europe and visited the continent. She took her son Steve on many trips including visits to Canada and around the United States. She loved to camp outdoors and birdwatch and she truly enjoyed Montana with all it had to offer. Helen belonged to many clubs through the years and wore many hats. She Jeanette E.
Thario Jeanette Thario, 85, of Anchorage, Alaska, and former Wolf Creek native, died peacefully of natural causes on Oct. 11, in Wasilla, Alaska. She was born June 14, 1925, in Butte to Leonard and Minnie Jacobson, joining three brothers, Marvin, James and Charles, and was raised on the family ranch near Wolf Creek where her mother, Minnie, was the postmaster for many years. Jeanette attended elementary school in Wolf Creek and graduated from high school in Cascade. After graduation, she worked as a civilian employee at East Base (now Malmstrom) and in Sacramento, for a year with her Aunt Louise Braun.
An Alaskan vacation with friends for two weeks in and around Palmer in 1952, became a event which shaped the rest of her life, where she landed a job almost immediately, and met and married her husband, Hugh Thario, in 1953 and raised a family together of six children in Anchorage. Jeanette was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert, brother Marvin, son Lee, daughter Lori, grandson Kris and son -in law Dave. She is survived by her loving children, Louise CINE MARK Cinemark Helena (22184) FOR SHOWTIMES PLEASE VISIT COM or cal EXP CODES Chic Myma Loy Center LACK GOES BOATING THE WILDEST DREAM (PO) was the founding president of the Cystic Fibrosis Club, president of the Helena Women's Club, and Worthy Matron of Eastern Star. She was also a member of Daughters of the Nile, and a charter member of Covenant Methodist Church. She belonged to the Red Hat Club, The Out to Lunch Bunch, and Helena Women's Club.
Helen was preceded in death by her father, mother, her husband, Karl, her daughters Barbara, Karla, and Judy, her brothers Eugene and John, and her sisters-in-law Agnes and Helen. She is survived by her son Steve and his wife, Connie, of East Helena; her grandson Alain Burrese and his wife, Yi-Saeng, and great -granddaughter Cosette; her granddaughter Karla Thoegerson and her husband, Paul, along with great -grandsons Kyle and Kurtis, her grandson Matt Welsh, her granddaughter Sara Welsh, her niece Sharon Walker and husband Dave, her nephew David Jenkins, as well as numerous other family and friends. Helen wanted us to be sure to thank the many wonderful people and staff at the Cooney Home where she resided for the past few years. A viewing will be held at Retz Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. with family receiving friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct.
21, at the Covenant United Methodist Church, 2330 E. Broadway, with a reception to follow the service at the church. Burial will be held at Forestvale Cemetery immediately following the reception. Memorials in Helen's name are suggested to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, and Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814. To offer condolences to the family or to share a memory of Helen, please visit www.retzfuneral home.com.
(Bill) Zeddies of Big Lake, Lynn Miranda of Palmer, Leonard (Becky) Thario of Anchorage, and Les (Sue) Thario of Great Falls, 11 wonderful grandchildren, 1 great -grandchild, brothers James Jacobson of Helena and Charles (Joy) Jacobson of Great Falls, and sisterin-law Peggy Jacobson of Helena. Jeanette also leaves many loving friends and extended family throughout Alaska, Montana and Oregon. A remembrance of her life was held Oct. 16 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Anchorage, of which she was a charter member.
Arrangements were with Legacy Funeral Homes Cremation Services and Kehl's Palmer Chapel. In remembrance of Jeanette, donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice or to the Mountain Bluebird Trails organization (mountainbluebirdtrails.com) 406-676-0300. John Patrick Foley Welsh John Patrick Foley, 87, died Oct. 17, 2010, at Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital in Helena. He was born May 21, 1923, in Laurel, the sixth of eight children born to his Irish immigrant parents, Daniel and Rose Foley.
He graduated from Laurel High School in 1941. He met and married Rita Cassidy from Clyde Park in 1947, and they had seven children, Jerry, Kathleen, John, Bryan, Barry, Doreen and Mary Ann. They divorced in 1982. John was drafted in 1944 and served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army, and was a veteran of World War II.
He Foley Foley served in Foley the European Theater and was a member of the 10th Armored Infantry Division, the 45th Infantry Division, and the 3rd Infantry Division, and was honorably discharged in June 1946. He was in Germany at the end of the war, and was part of the occupation force stationed in Garmisch Partenkirchen when the conflict ended. John was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in WWII. John worked for the Montana Highway Department in Laurel from 1948 to 1962, and then transferred to the Highway Materials Lab in Helena, where he worked until 1970. He left the highway lab and moved his family to Fresno, where he and Rita owned and operated a chicken take -out and delivery business.
After that business closed, he supported himself as a self -employed recycler, collecting and selling cardboard and other recyclable materials he picked up from businesses throughout the greater Fresno area. He also occasionally gave ballroom dance lessons, and was quite the dancer in his later years. He was a member of the Elks Lodge 193 in Helena and still enjoyed the Friday night dances there until just before he died. John moved back to Helena in 1997, and established himself in the community as a dedicated volunteer at the VA Hospital at Fort Harrison. He became visually impaired in his later years, but he did not let that deter him from being an active volunteer.
He was recently recognized for his over 4,700 hours of volunteer service in the last six years. He was well known on the floors and in the hallways of the hospital, and always had a word or a quip for everyone he knew. John will be greatly missed by all his friends at the VA. John was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Joe, Dan, Leonard and Leo, and his sisters Mary Jane Morrissette, Rose Ellen Carpenter and Sally Flynn. He is survived by his sisters-in-law, Rosetta Foley of Laurel and Mary Foley also of Laurel.
He is also survived by his -in-law Bill Flynn of Anaconda. His surviving children and grandchildren are Jerry Foley of Helena and his sons, Ryan (Lori) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Christopher (Heather) of Missoula; Kathy (Jeff) Walter of Missoula and their son, Josh (Kelly) of Seattle, and daughter Sarah Walter and partner, Tim Ehlert, of Minneapolis; John (Sandy) of Madera, and their daughter, Shannon, and son, Michael; Bryan of Fresno; Barry (Tori) of Fresno and their daughters, Megan and Kendra; Doreen Foley of Coarsegold, and her daughters, Emily and Elizabeth Avina; Mary Ann Foley of Fresno and her son, Jimmy, and daughter, Cassidy Zeiner, of Moreno Valley, Calif. He is also survived by two great -grandchildren, Abigale Rose Cullins of Fresno and Henry Walter Ehlert of Minneapolis, and many nieces and nephews. He will be missed by all. Viewing and a rosary service will be held at 7 p.m.
on Sunday, Oct. 24, at Retz Funeral Home Chapel with family receiving friends beginning at 6 p.m. A funeral Mass of Christian burial is scheduled for noon Monday, Oct. 25, at the Cathedral of St. Helena in Helena, with a reception to follow the Mass in the Brondel Center of the Cathedral.
Burial with military honors is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, in the Foley family plot at the Laurel City Cemetery in Laurel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in John's name to the Fort Harrison Voluntary Services, P.O. Box 167, Fort Harrison, MT 59636, or to an organization of the donor's choice.
To offer condolences to the family or to share a memory of John, please visit www.retzfuneral home.com. FuneralNotice SEIFERT, Carl 72, of Polson, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Polson. Arrangements are incomplete and services will be announced by the Grogan Funeral Home of Polson.
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