Helen Thompson Miller, 95, passed away Jan. 18, 2011, at Swedish Hospital in Seattle.
Helen was born on April 11, 1915, to Benjamin Joseph and Anna Van Dyne Thompson on the farm near Unionville, Mo. She attended a rural school near her home and graduated from Unionville High School in 1932. She attended Kirksville Normal College (now Truman University) and taught in a rural school near her home.
In 1936, she moved to Kalispell with her family and was employed in the office of Dr. R.L. Towne. She later returned to teaching and taught at Cayuse Prairie and Elrod schools.
In 1948, Helen moved to Seattle and was employed in the Seattle Public Schools for the next 30 years.
On March 3, 1952, she married William M. Miller of Winthrop, Wash. After retirement they took many enjoyable trips, including a trip to the Holy Land.
Helen was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seattle and enjoyed assisting in their library. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Kalispell.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, William her parents, Benjamin and Anna Thompson; and her brother, Lt. Col. James E. "Bill" Thompson, Retired USAF, and his wife Alice, and their son, Robert, all formerly of Denver; two brothers-in-law, Gerald Bowers, formerly of Green Valley, Arizona, and Donald Aadsen, formerly of Kalispell and Ronan.
She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Bowers, of Green Valley, Arizona, and Betty Aadsen of Kalispell; and special nieces and nephew, Don Thompson of Mirana, Arizona, Linda Stevens of Greeley, Colorado, Terry Enfield of Tucson, Arizona, Sue Therrill of Houston, Ann Henricksen of Ronan, and Donna Daniels of Sand Point, Alaska.
Services for Helen will be held at a later date in Winthrop.
Copyright (c) 2011 Daily Inter Lake, Hagadone Corporation. All rights reserved.
Helen was born on April 11, 1915, to Benjamin Joseph and Anna Van Dyne Thompson on the farm near Unionville, Mo. She attended a rural school near her home and graduated from Unionville High School in 1932. She attended Kirksville Normal College (now Truman University) and taught in a rural school near her home.
In 1936, she moved to Kalispell with her family and was employed in the office of Dr. R.L. Towne. She later returned to teaching and taught at Cayuse Prairie and Elrod schools.
In 1948, Helen moved to Seattle and was employed in the Seattle Public Schools for the next 30 years.
On March 3, 1952, she married William M. Miller of Winthrop, Wash. After retirement they took many enjoyable trips, including a trip to the Holy Land.
Helen was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seattle and enjoyed assisting in their library. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Kalispell.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, William her parents, Benjamin and Anna Thompson; and her brother, Lt. Col. James E. "Bill" Thompson, Retired USAF, and his wife Alice, and their son, Robert, all formerly of Denver; two brothers-in-law, Gerald Bowers, formerly of Green Valley, Arizona, and Donald Aadsen, formerly of Kalispell and Ronan.
She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Bowers, of Green Valley, Arizona, and Betty Aadsen of Kalispell; and special nieces and nephew, Don Thompson of Mirana, Arizona, Linda Stevens of Greeley, Colorado, Terry Enfield of Tucson, Arizona, Sue Therrill of Houston, Ann Henricksen of Ronan, and Donna Daniels of Sand Point, Alaska.
Services for Helen will be held at a later date in Winthrop.
Copyright (c) 2011 Daily Inter Lake, Hagadone Corporation. All rights reserved.
Helen Thompson Miller, 95, passed away Jan. 18, 2011, at Swedish Hospital in Seattle.
Helen was born on April 11, 1915, to Benjamin Joseph and Anna Van Dyne Thompson on the farm near Unionville, Mo. She attended a rural school near her home and graduated from Unionville High School in 1932. She attended Kirksville Normal College (now Truman University) and taught in a rural school near her home.
In 1936, she moved to Kalispell with her family and was employed in the office of Dr. R.L. Towne. She later returned to teaching and taught at Cayuse Prairie and Elrod schools.
In 1948, Helen moved to Seattle and was employed in the Seattle Public Schools for the next 30 years.
On March 3, 1952, she married William M. Miller of Winthrop, Wash. After retirement they took many enjoyable trips, including a trip to the Holy Land.
Helen was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seattle and enjoyed assisting in their library. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Kalispell.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, William her parents, Benjamin and Anna Thompson; and her brother, Lt. Col. James E. "Bill" Thompson, Retired USAF, and his wife Alice, and their son, Robert, all formerly of Denver; two brothers-in-law, Gerald Bowers, formerly of Green Valley, Arizona, and Donald Aadsen, formerly of Kalispell and Ronan.
She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Bowers, of Green Valley, Arizona, and Betty Aadsen of Kalispell; and special nieces and nephew, Don Thompson of Mirana, Arizona, Linda Stevens of Greeley, Colorado, Terry Enfield of Tucson, Arizona, Sue Therrill of Houston, Ann Henricksen of Ronan, and Donna Daniels of Sand Point, Alaska.
Services for Helen will be held at a later date in Winthrop.
Copyright (c) 2011 Daily Inter Lake, Hagadone Corporation. All rights reserved.
Helen was born on April 11, 1915, to Benjamin Joseph and Anna Van Dyne Thompson on the farm near Unionville, Mo. She attended a rural school near her home and graduated from Unionville High School in 1932. She attended Kirksville Normal College (now Truman University) and taught in a rural school near her home.
In 1936, she moved to Kalispell with her family and was employed in the office of Dr. R.L. Towne. She later returned to teaching and taught at Cayuse Prairie and Elrod schools.
In 1948, Helen moved to Seattle and was employed in the Seattle Public Schools for the next 30 years.
On March 3, 1952, she married William M. Miller of Winthrop, Wash. After retirement they took many enjoyable trips, including a trip to the Holy Land.
Helen was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seattle and enjoyed assisting in their library. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Kalispell.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, William her parents, Benjamin and Anna Thompson; and her brother, Lt. Col. James E. "Bill" Thompson, Retired USAF, and his wife Alice, and their son, Robert, all formerly of Denver; two brothers-in-law, Gerald Bowers, formerly of Green Valley, Arizona, and Donald Aadsen, formerly of Kalispell and Ronan.
She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Bowers, of Green Valley, Arizona, and Betty Aadsen of Kalispell; and special nieces and nephew, Don Thompson of Mirana, Arizona, Linda Stevens of Greeley, Colorado, Terry Enfield of Tucson, Arizona, Sue Therrill of Houston, Ann Henricksen of Ronan, and Donna Daniels of Sand Point, Alaska.
Services for Helen will be held at a later date in Winthrop.
Copyright (c) 2011 Daily Inter Lake, Hagadone Corporation. All rights reserved.
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