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Sat Feb 23 09:20:34 CST 2008

   To all;  Yes, Helen was a very high energy person. I remember that one afternoon during the Chicago convention she and Linda Hurlock took Cody to a festival and carnival rides on the Lake Michigan water front. She is just the kind of person to start have started an exercise class. She liked living with enthusiasm.  Marty> From: d28rik at msn.com> To: mt-blind at nfbnet.org> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:46:41 -0700> Subject: [Mt-blind] (no subject)> > Long time Montana member Helen Cowles passes away.> Pasted below, obituary in today's Bozeman Daily Chronicle.> Helen was great fun, and energetically ran the first ever exercize class at> the summer orientation program, starting back in the late 1980s. I much> enjoyed and treasured her freinship and energy. She will be missed. She had> a cute nickname for her cane. Seymour, I think it was. And such lovely hats> she would wear. > Rik James> > HELEN D. COWLES> > Helen Dutton Cowles, the last surviving member of the Dutton family> raised on the Dutton Ranch, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, Feb.> 17, 2008, at Spring Meadows Assisted Living Facility in Bozeman. > Helen, the youngest of nine children, was born May 20, 1913, on the> Dutton Ranch twelve miles south of Big Timber. Her father, William Dutton,> had homesteaded the land after it was released from the Indian reservation.> She attended the “Dutton School” on the ranch property. When she was a> sophomore in high school she moved to San Bernardino, Calif., to live with> her sister, Beulah, for two years before returning to Big Timber her senior> year. > She moved to Livingston in 1931, where she married Don C. Cowles Jr. in> 1939. They became partners in the Public Drug Store and later Western Photo> Sales, a wholesale distributor of photographic film and cameras. They> operated this business until they retired in 1979, after which they traveled> extensively. > She moved to Bozeman in 1988, where she was a member of the Montana> Association for the Blind and attended their summer orientation programs and> volunteered in the program for six years. > Helen spent many winters in Oceanside, Calif., where she attended the San> Diego Center for the Blind, and the North County Rehabilitation Program> where she had volunteered since 1990. She also attended rehab classes for> the blind at the Braille Institute in La Jolla, Calif., from 1991. > She was preceded in death by her husband, Don C. Cowles; her parents; and> all of her brothers and sisters. > Survivors include her son, Don C. Cowles III and daughter-in-law, Patty> Cowles of Bozeman; daughter, Linda Slack and son-in-law, Bruce Slack of> Pineville, La.; grandchildren: Kalani K. Cowles, a student at Bucknell> University, and Donald Carson Cowles IV, a student at Miami University of> Ohio. Other survivors include her niece, Donna Ronning Caruso (Dick) of> Livingston, and several grand-nieces and -nephews. Cremation has taken place> and, according to her wishes, no services are planned. Memorials may be sent> to the Montana Association for the Blind, .O. Box 465, Helena, MT 59624; or> to the San Diego Center for the Blind, North County, 1385 Bonair St., Vista,> CA 92084. > Condolences may be sent to the family at www.dahlcares.com. > > _______________________________________________> Mt-blind mailing list> Mt-blind at nfbnet.org> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-blind
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   To all;  Yes, Helen was a very high energy person. I remember that one afternoon during the Chicago convention she and Linda Hurlock took Cody to a festival and carnival rides on the Lake Michigan water front. She is just the kind of person to start have started an exercise class. She liked living with enthusiasm.  Marty
> From: d28rik at msn.com
> To: mt-blind at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:46:41 -0700
> Subject: [Mt-blind] (no subject)
>
> Long time Montana member Helen Cowles passes away.
> Pasted below, obituary in today's Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
> Helen was great fun, and energetically ran the first ever exercize class at
> the summer orientation program, starting back in the late 1980s. I much
> enjoyed and treasured her freinship and energy. She will be missed. She had
> a cute nickname for her cane. Seymour, I think it was. And such lovely hats
> she would wear.
> Rik James
>
> HELEN D. COWLES
>
> Helen Dutton Cowles, the last surviving member of the Dutton family
> raised on the Dutton Ranch, passed away of natural causes on Sunday, Feb.
> 17, 2008, at Spring Meadows Assisted Living Facility in Bozeman.
> Helen, the youngest of nine children, was born May 20, 1913, on the
> Dutton Ranch twelve miles south of Big Timber. Her father, William Dutton,
> had homesteaded the land after it was released from the Indian reservation.
> She attended the “Dutton School” on the ranch property. When she was a
> sophomore in high school she moved to San Bernardino, Calif., to live with
> her sister, Beulah, for two years before returning to Big Timber her senior
> year.
> She moved to Livingston in 1931, where she married Don C. Cowles Jr. in
> 1939. They became partners in the Public Drug Store and later Western Photo
> Sales, a wholesale distributor of photographic film and cameras. They
> operated this business until they retired in 1979, after which they traveled
> extensively.
> She moved to Bozeman in 1988, where she was a member of the Montana
> Association for the Blind and attended their summer orientation programs and
> volunteered in the program for six years.
> Helen spent many winters in Oceanside, Calif., where she attended the San
> Diego Center for the Blind, and the North County Rehabilitation Program
> where she had volunteered since 1990. She also attended rehab classes for
> the blind at the Braille Institute in La Jolla, Calif., from 1991.
> She was preceded in death by her husband, Don C. Cowles; her parents; and
> all of her brothers and sisters.
> Survivors include her son, Don C. Cowles III and daughter-in-law, Patty
> Cowles of Bozeman; daughter, Linda Slack and son-in-law, Bruce Slack of
> Pineville, La.; grandchildren: Kalani K. Cowles, a student at Bucknell
> University, and Donald Carson Cowles IV, a student at Miami University of
> Ohio. Other survivors include her niece, Donna Ronning Caruso (Dick) of
> Livingston, and several grand-nieces and -nephews. Cremation has taken place
> and, according to her wishes, no services are planned. Memorials may be sent
> to the Montana Association for the Blind, .O. Box 465, Helena, MT 59624; or
> to the San Diego Center for the Blind, North County, 1385 Bonair St., Vista,
> CA 92084.
> Condolences may be sent to the family at www.dahlcares.com.
>
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