Genevieve Surrage Hellewell

Genevieve Surrage Hellewell, 82, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 10 at the Stake Center, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1515 S. Division St. with Bishop Mark Poth conducting. Interment will follow at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Family will greet friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 5 until 7 p.m. and at the church on Friday from 9 until 9: 45 a.m. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake.

Genevieve was born Jan. 9, 1924 in Rupert, Idaho, daughter of the late Charles W. and Charlotte (Sheppard) Surrage. She was raised and educated in Heyburn, Idaho, graduating from Heyburn High School in 1942. She was married to Heber V. Hellewell on May 27, 1941 at the L.D.S. Temple in Logan, Utah. They continued to live in Heyburn for the next several years before moving to Moscow, Idaho where they lived for a short time prior to moving to Moses Lake in 1952. They have lived in Moses Lake since.

Genevieve was a loving, devoted mother to not only her own eight children, but also to two of her sisters that she raised following the death of their mother when she was only 6, and fourteen other children that she helped raise as an extended family. She loved to read, write poetry, garden, quilt and sew and ALWAYS was thinking of and helping others. Over the years, she developed a passion for family genealogy.

Genevieve was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moses Lake First Ward and served faithfully her many callings in the church.

She is survived by her loving husband of more than 64 years, Heber V. Hellewell, Moses Lake; her loving children, H. Dale and Debra J. Hellewell, Royal Slope, Paulette P. and Vern Bartley, Bend, Ore., Randy L. Hellewell, Moses Lake, Vern C. and Gail M. Hellewell, Moses Lake, Bob V. Hellewell and Suzanne, Moses Lake, Tessa J. and Leonard O'Connor, Woodinville, Cindy L. and Bill Palmer, Moses Lake; four sisters, Irene Phillips, Orem, Utah, Melba McCombs, Joseph, Utah, Charlene Cooper, Hayward, Calif., Ordema Knobel, Riverside, Calif.; 26 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter; numerous nieces and nephews and extended family, including the Butterfields, Jeremy Davis and other children and grandchildren she helped raise and loved.

One daughter, Genevieve Sherry Hellewell, two sisters, Virginia Caldwell and Lottie Petersen and a brother, John Elsberry also preceded her in death.