Helen Marie Williams

September 21, 1921 - August 24, 2016

Helen Marie Williams passed away Wednesday morning, August 24, 2016, in a local nursing home. She was born in Butte September 21, 1921 to Daniel J. and Josephine T. (Murphy) Mahoney. She attended local schools and following her high school graduation helped in the war efforts of World War II by being one of the first woman aviation mechanics working for the United States Air Force. She also worked as a welder in the Kaiser Ship Yards in Portland . Helen lived most of her life in Butte but also lived in Denver and Chicago where she worked in banking. She and Jack Williams were married in Boise, Idaho on October 16, 1966 and he passed away on January 2, 1981. Helen is also preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Williams, son, James Ambrose, brothers and sisters-in-law: James and Betty Mahoney, Neal Mahoney, Dan Mahoney, Joe and Jean Mahoney, Ray and Jerry Mahoney, Bill and Lois Mahoney, Butch and Mary Mahoney, sister and brothers-in-law, Mary and Bert Junker and George Stensland. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and Gary Becker of Butte, granddaughters and their husbands, Charissa and Greg McAuley of Butte, Courtney and Jerry Puderbaugh of Warden, Montana, great, grandchildren, Taylor Becker and Savanna and Shelbee Puderbaugh, her sister, Pat Stensland, sisters-in-law, Lorraine Mahoney and Florence Mahoney.