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HELEN BELL STARR WAS BORN JAN. 22, 1920 IN TEN SLEEP WYOMING. DURING HER YOUTH AND TEEN AGE YEARS SHE ENJOYED LIVING ON THE MOUNTAIN DURING THE SUMMERS AND IN TEN SLEEP DURING THE WINTER WHILE ATTENDING TEN SLEEP SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED FROM TEN SLEEP HIGH SCHOOL.
HELEN DIED AT THE WORLAND HEALTH CARE AND REHAB CENTER IN WORLAND ON MARCH 25, 2001.
SHE MARRIED JOE RICHARDSON AND HAD TWO SONS, GORDON AND JIMMY RICHARDSON.
SHE HAD A VARIETY OF WORKING EXPERIENCES SUCH AS COOKING IN SPECS CAFE IN TEN SLEEP, SERVING AS SCHOOL COOK IN TEN SLEEP, COOKING AS LAMBING CAMPS IN THE SPRING OF THE YEAR, WORKING IN THE CAFETERIA AT WORLAND HOSPITAL, AND WORKING IN THE TEN SLEEP MUSEUM.
TRAVELING TO SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA TO VISIT HER FAMILY WAS ONE OF HER ENJOYMENTS. SHE LOVED TO CROCHET, GARDEN, WATCH BRAVES AND CUBS BASEBALL ON TV., FISH, AND PICNIC IN THE MOUNTAINS.
DURING HER YOUNGER ADULT YEARS SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ORDER OF EASTERN STARS SIGNAL CLIFF OF TEN SLEEP. SHE HELD ALL OFFICES INCLUDING GRAND MATRON.
SHE LOVED LIVING TN HER LITTLE HOUSE DOWN BY THE CREEK IN TEN SLEEP. AFTER HER HEART ATTACK SHE LIVED AT WORLAND HEALTH CARE AND REHAB. IN SPITE OF 2 STROKES AND DIABETES PROBLEMS SHE ENJOYED BOWLING, CRAFTS, PUZZLES, BINGO, PICNICS, AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES AT THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY, SHE APPRECIATED ALL THE TLC BY THE STAFF AT WORLAND HEALTH CARE AND REHAB.
SHE IS PRE DECEASED BY HER PARENTS- IRENE AND GORDON SUTHERLAND, A SISTER DOROTHY RAY BROOKS, HER HUSBAND HUBERT STARR, AND HER SON JIMMY RICHARDSON.
SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER SON GORDON RICHARDSON, DAUGHTER IN LAW NANCY
RICHARDSON, GRANDSONS- MIKE RICHARDSON, TERRY RICHARDSON AND HIS WIFE
DIANE, GREAT GRAND SONS-TOM AND MIKE RICHARDSON JR., A GREAT
GRANDDAUGHTER LTNDSEY STAPLES AND HER HUSBAND SEAN, A SISTER MERLE SEATON,
A BROTHER BOYD SUTHERLAND, AN AUNT-MARGARET COGDILL AND HER HUSBAND
RONALD, NUMEROUS NEPHEWS AND NIECES, PLUS MANY FRIENDS TN TEN SLEEP AND
WORLAND.
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