Dalziel, Helena M.

 

Helena M. Dalziel, age 97 of White Cloud, passed away Wednesday at the Transitional Health Services in Fremont.  Helena was born on May 22, 1910 in White Cloud to Jacob and Minnie Ethel (Grabill) Allers and has been a lifelong resident of White Cloud.  Helena had been a school teacher at a country school and was a homemaker.  She met and later married Albert Dalziel on Dec. 21, 1935 in Big Rapids and Albert preceded her in death on Jan. 18, 1999.  Helena enjoyed gardening and visiting with her family, especially with the little children.

 

SURVIVORS : her sons, Stanley Dalziel of Swartz Creek, MI; Lyle (Deborah) Dalziel of The Villages, FL; her grandchildren, Liesha (Brian) Crawford; Stanley (Miriam) Dalziel; Stacey (Jeff) Dunkley; Shari (Tom) Allen; Steven (Roseann) Dalziel; great grandchildren, Bridgit, Shelley, Deanna, Stanley, Rachel, Alex, Zachary, Paul Jr., Stephanie, Samantha, Abigail; her great great grandson, Trenton; her sisters, Florence Grigg of Saginaw; Beatrice Auer of Bay City; several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert; her son, Carl Dalziel on March 19, 1999; her grandsons, Timothy and Joseph Dalziel; her sister, Eunice Winter; her brothers, Leonard Allers and Harold Allers.

 

VISITATION : Saturday 6-8pm at Crandell Funeral Home – White Cloud Chapel.  FUNERAL SERVICES : Sunday at 2pm at the Crandell Funeral Home – White Cloud Chapel.  INTERMENT : Big Prairie Twp. Cemetery.  MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS : Transitional Health Services Patient Fund.

  

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Aunt Helena was a wonderful Lady and we will miss her.  I always looked forward to our Christmas visits with her and Uncle Albert each year. 

Laurie (Paulsen) Deater

 

Posted 4/17/2008

                                                                                                                                            

My condolences.............Helena was always "Grandma" to we three little girls next door.   Debbi, Cindy, and Beth.  Bethie never missed a "May Day" to take flowers to Helena. 
She and Albert are both sorely missed.
 
Debbi Gleason Marker


 
"We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears."  --Archie Fire Lame Deer, LAKOTA
Indian men and other men should really meditate on this Elder's saying. So many men have been taught it is unmanly to cry, to show emotions or to feel.
When people cry, the Elders say there are two types of tears – one type will taste salty; the other type will taste sweet. One is caused by pain, and the
other is caused by the release from the pain, or joy tears. A strong man knows himself and knows his relationship with the Great Spirit. The release
of tears is a spiritual act. Our bodies are designed to cry. We should honor our bodies and use them as the Creator intended.

Great Spirit, Grandfather, today, teach me to cry.
 
Posted 4/17/2008

                                                                                                                                            

In a book that Grandma wrote for Bridgit she wrote of memories such as driving a horse and buggy to "Fremont Normal School" to receive her teaching license.  Also, as a child, walking up the stairs with Great Grandma Minnie to say her prayers with the windy drafts in the house putting out the lantern.  Memories of by-gone days.  We will miss you grandma.  Love  Liesha, Brian and Bridgit.

 
Liesha Crawford

Posted 4/18/2008

                                                                                                                                            

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Helena"s family. Will always remember the good times we had growing up next door to Albert and Helena.  Our parents and yours are reunited in Heaven now and can visit again
like they did when we lived next door on North St. Thinking of you at this time.  The Thumser Girls. Alice and Everett Smith, Audrey and Peter Davis, and Violet and Bob Dunham.
 

Posted 4/20/2008

                                                                                                                                            

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.  It was our good fortune to know the family through the years.....Albert and the boys at Gerber Products...and moving to White Cloud  made us neighbors....what good memories remain !
LeRoy and Hope Stratton

Posted 4/20/2008