Helen Mildred Anderson

Helen was born July 7, 1918 on a homestead halfway between Twin Bridges and Sheridan, Montana, the sixth of seven children. Her father, Frank Spinner, died when she was very young. Raised by her widowed mother, Clara J. Spinner, she finished her second year of high school then had to drop out in order to earn a living. She worked in various places around Twin Bridges, including Woodward's Department Store and the Bee Factory. At the factory, Helen worked over a big tub where honey was extracted from honey combs, placed in gallon jars, and then personally delivered to each customer. She also made milk shakes at a creamery and cleaned people's homes. Helen then moved to Bozeman, Montana with her sister Alice and purchased a "whippet car." There Helen met her future husband, Clifford Anderson, while eating lunch with Alice at the PMA office of the government building where Clifford worked. They had two sons, Byron and Bruce. The family moved to Overland Park, Kansas in the mid-sixties, then to Moses Lake, Washington in the early seventies where she lived until her death.

Helen enjoyed knitting, crocheting, sewing, and spending time with her family, including her four grandchildren, Stacy, Corie, Timothy, and Nicholas.

She is preceded in death by her older sisters: Francis Fulwood, Lucille Hughes, Julie Cocanougher, and Sophie Taylor; her younger sister, Alice Hesser; and her older brother John Spinner.

Funeral services will be held in Twin Bridges, MT at 10 a.m. on February 19, at K&L Mortuary.