Ancestors of John Henry "Jack" Helms

First Generation (including siblings)

1. Howard E. Helms [image] was born on 25 Dec 1905 in Montana. He died on 17 Jul 1992. He was buried in the Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln Co., Montana. [Parents]

CENSUS RECORDS:

1910 Federal Census; Lincoln County; School Dist. #5; LDS microfilm #1,374,846; ED #46; sheet #4A; pg #1,773; enumerated with John and Sadie Helms, his parents.

1920 Federal Census, Lincoln County, E.D. 129, Vol. 12, sheet 3, line 51. FHLC microfilm #1,827,049. Enumerated with John and Sadie Helms, his parents.

MARRIAGE_RECORD: Lincoln County Marriages 1893-1953, listed alphabetically by Groom. Online at ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mt/lincoln/marriages/grooms.txt (broken link). Date: 09-Feb-33; Groom: HELMS, Hubert K; Age: 22; Groom's Parents: John Helms & Sadie Young. Bride: SNYDER, Rachel M; Age: 20; Brides Parents: William Snyder & Sarah M Cooper.

CEMETERY: Headstone photographed by Shauna Rae Brown on 17 Aug 2002. Block 04, Lot 38, Div A, with marker.

2. Hubert K. Helms [image] was born on 15 Aug 1910 in Montana. He died on 23 Dec 1958. He was buried in the Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln Co., Montana. [Parents]

CENSUS RECORDS:

1920 Federal Census, Lincoln County, E.D. 129, Vol. 12, sheet 3, line 51. FHLC microfilm #1,827,049. Enumerated with John and Sadie Helms, his parents.

MARRIAGE_RECORD: Lincoln County Marriages 1893-1953, listed alphabetically by Groom. Online at ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mt/lincoln/marriages/grooms.txt (broken link). Date: 09-Feb-33; Groom: HELMS, Hubert K.; Age: 22; Groom's Parents: John Helms & Sadie Young. Bride: SNYDER, Rachel M; Age: 20; Bride's Parents: William Snyder & Sarah M Cooper.

CEMETERY: Headstone photographed by Shauna Rae Brown on 17 Aug 2002. Block 04, Lot 19, Div E, with marker.

3. John Henry "Jack" Helms [scrapbook] was born on 13 Jul 1917 in Eureka, Lincoln Co., Montana. He died on 01 Nov 1988 in Kalispell, Flathead Co., Montana. He was buried on 05 Nov 1988 in Tobacco Valley Cemetery, Eureka, Lincoln Co., Montana. [Parents]

BIRTH: Certified copy of his Certificate of Birth obtained from Montana Dept. of Health and Environmental Sciences, Cogswell Building, Helena, Montana 59620.

CENSUS RECORDS:

1920 Federal Census, Lincoln County, E.D. 129, Vol. 12, sheet 3, line 51. FHLC microfilm #1,827,049. Enumerated with John and Sadie Helms, his parents.

DEATH: Record from the memory of Shauna R. Brown. I also have a copy of the funeral service flyer from Vial Funeral Home.

OBITUARY: Tobacco Valley News, 10 NOV 1988, vol 29, num 21, pg 8. P.O. Box 307, Eureka, Montana 59917.
JACK HELMS
      Jack H. Helms, 71, of Eureka, died of cancer Nov. 1 at Brendan House in Kalispell.
      Born July 13, 1917, in Eureka to John and Sadie Helms, he graduated from Lincoln County High School in1937. He worked for the Forest Service until enlisting in the U.S. Army Corps during World War II. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross whild serving as a navigator and bombardier in the European theater. After the war, he returned to Eureka and operated a sawmill.
      On Dec. 31, 1948, he married Lu Vern Meuli in Lewistown.
      After retiring from the sawmill in 1978, he was employed by the Electrical Construction Engineers.
      A member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, he served on the school board and Eureka City Council. He enjoyed fishing and hunting.
      He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and a grandson.
      Survivors include his wife, Eureka; three daughters, Carol Martin, Roswell, N.M., Linda Valentine, Billings, and Mary Sherwood, Eureka; a son, Jeff, Deerfield, Kan.; a brother, Howard, Eureka; seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
      Funeral services were held Saturday at Eureka Baptist Church with the Rev. Carl Pershall officiating. Burial followed at Eureka Cemetery with military graveside honors.
      Pallbearers were Pete Klinke, Joe Gibbons, Gene Fleming, Bill Bolen, Jim Reynolds and Charles Newton. Honorary pallbearers were Gus Soderling, Don Morgan, Phil Osler, Bob Mason and Bill Gwynn.
      Music was provided by organist, Inis Baker, and soloist, Mary Jane Hustead, who sang "Beyond the Sunset", and "Just a Closer Walk".
      Vial Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

FUNERAL MESSAGE: Obtained in a letter from Rev. Carl Pershall, First Baptist Church, Rt 1 Box 8, Eureka, MT 59917, postmarked 23 March 1989. The following is "the essence of what" he said.
      In this age when medical science has found the means to cure or forestall the effects of many illnesses, we find an increasing number of people living for beyond the three score and ten years which has been proscribed for human life.
      So often do people exceed this limit that we have come to think that death at seventy years of age is almost premature. That was the first thing that came to mind when I learned that Jack Helms had died. . . . "Gee, he was too young to die!" But Jack was a year beyond the expectancy of life according to the ancient formula. Of course there are many people who never even come close to living that long.
      Many times I have stood in this pulpit and struggled to find sense and reason in the death of teenage young people. . . . children. . . and even little babies. And my friends there is no sense, there is no reason. . . . if we choose to ignore the fact of human immortality! Think with me just a little while, if you will.
      I look out over the beauty of this valley and I am assured of eternity. The geologists tell us that these mountains which we sometimes refer to as the "eternal hills", that these mountains were once the bottom of the sea. They go on to say that these little gravel hills between here and the border were quite recently being carried along by ice thousands of feet in depth. Beyond that they tell us that the forces of erosion and weathering are even now slowly, but inexorably working to reduce it all to a sea level plain.
      We are assured by these same authorities that the physical materials of which these rocks, hills and valleys are made will persis forever. The basic elements of which this earth is made will never cease to be. They will change form and combine in different compositions.

CEMETERY: Tobacco Valley Cemetery, P.O. Box 809, Eureka, Montana 59917. Block 10, Lot 02, Div. C, Marker: yes

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