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Helen L <I>Miller</I> Gentry

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Helen L Miller Gentry

Birth
Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Death
10 Sep 1991 (aged 80)
Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington, USA
Burial
Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington, USA Add to Map
Plot
145-7
Memorial ID
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Helen was born Jan. 26, 1911, in Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Henry and Myrtle Ann Tite Miller. The family later moved to Sumner, Wash., where she grew up and attended school.

After high school she began a career in field work, picking berries and fruit while also working in fruit-packing houses. Gentry worked in the industry for more than 25 years.

She married Jack Milan in 1928. The family followed the seasonal crop harvests until 1941 when the couple divorced. In 1943, she married Walter Fry. Fry died in 1979 of Lou Gehrig's disease.

In 1980, she married Raymond E. Gentry at Pomeroy, and the two spent their summers in Pomeroy and winters in Quartzite, Ariz. She developed cancer in about 1986.

Gentry enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower garden, and helping others. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Garfield County Senior Citizens Center in Pomeroy and the American Association of Retired Persons.

She was preceded in death by one sister.

Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.

Lewiston Tribune Sep 12, 1991
Helen was born Jan. 26, 1911, in Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Henry and Myrtle Ann Tite Miller. The family later moved to Sumner, Wash., where she grew up and attended school.

After high school she began a career in field work, picking berries and fruit while also working in fruit-packing houses. Gentry worked in the industry for more than 25 years.

She married Jack Milan in 1928. The family followed the seasonal crop harvests until 1941 when the couple divorced. In 1943, she married Walter Fry. Fry died in 1979 of Lou Gehrig's disease.

In 1980, she married Raymond E. Gentry at Pomeroy, and the two spent their summers in Pomeroy and winters in Quartzite, Ariz. She developed cancer in about 1986.

Gentry enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower garden, and helping others. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Garfield County Senior Citizens Center in Pomeroy and the American Association of Retired Persons.

She was preceded in death by one sister.

Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.

Lewiston Tribune Sep 12, 1991


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  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157477119/helen_l-gentry: accessed ), memorial page for Helen L Miller Gentry (26 Jan 1911–10 Sep 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 157477119, citing Pomeroy City Cemetery, Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Phillip (contributor 48161344).