Helen Marie Terpin Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Helen M. Terpin passed away at Genesis May 3, 2016. She was born in Belgrade to Edna and Charles Sayers on December 1, 1927. The family of nine moved to Butte and Helen completed high school here. Helen married Henry Terpin August 3, 1946 and together they ran the Rose Garden Bar and Restaurant. Henry passed away March 6, 1982. She was a talented seamstress and neighborhood hair dresser. She was a career lady before it was fashionable to be so. Helen was a hard worker and held many secretarial jobs over the years. To her family she was known as the Rock, and the first to be called on in a crisis. She retired from the Montana Power in 1989. Known for her sense of style and to keep busy she worked at Kally's Korner. Helen loved working in her yard and more than once was spotted tending her garden in sweats and high heels. Helen raised two daughters and her youngest, Shirley LeVeaux passed away in 1990 at 41 years of age. She had six siblings, Don and Bill Sayers, Mildred Miller, Charlotte Madsen, Betty LeCoure and is survived by one sister, Alice Seymour. Helen is also survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Toni and Roger Suemnick of Butte, She has three grandchildren, Jennifer Rehberg of Boise, Idaho, Brian Varner of Butte and Michael LeVeaux of Portland, Oregon. Also surviving is her great-grandson, Garrett Rehberg of Boise, Idaho. She leaves behind many special nieces and nephews who truly loved their Aunt Helen.

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Helen Marie Terpin

December 1, 1927 - May 3, 2016