Helen A Bigelow

Helen A. Bigelow
May 26, 1923 - February 4, 2014

Helen Bigelow passed away on February 4, 2014 at her daughter's home in Pleasant View of natural causes. She was born May 26, 1923 in Bancroft, ID to Lillian J. Aldous and James F. Adams. She was the oldest of four children. Siblings Bob, Bill (dec), and Shirley (dec). her father worked for the Union Pacific Railroad so she lived in different cities in Idaho and in Salt Lake City while growing up. After she graduated from high school in Pocatello, ID she moved to Salt Lake to work for the railroad. She was a teletype operator at Fort Douglas during WWII.

Lynn D. Bigelow
February 23, 1921 - December 23, 2010

Lynn Bigelow passed away on December 23, 2010 of pneumonia and congestive heart failure in Ogden. He was born on February 23, 1921 in Vernal, UT to Grace Glines and Marvin Dean Bigelow. He grew up on a farm in LaPointe, UT with his father and younger brother, Dallas. Another brother, Ray, died at three days old. His mother died when Lynn was ten years old while giving birth to twin girls who also passed away. They moved to Salt Lake after he graduated from high school where he studied electronics. He enlisted in the Army Air Corp serving in Australia and the Philippines during WWII,

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Helen and Lynn met in Salt Lake City and were married November 9, 1946 in Evanston, WY. They like to go out dancing and go to baseball games. Their children Michael Stephen and Lynette D were born while living in Salt Lake. They moved to Ogden in 1956 where Lynn worked a few different jobs before going to work for Hill AFB where he worked with the electronics on the Minuteman Missile. Helen worked many years for Commercial Security Bank as a key punch operator. Mom and dad loved camping out in their camper, enjoyed bowling, golfing, playing pinochle with friends, vacations, but especially being a family. Later, after retirement they enjoyed their home, gardening, and their grandkids. Lynn built so many beautiful things made of wood in his basement shop, while Helen tole painted many of them.
Mom and Dad were madly in love with each other and extremely happy together until separated by Lynn's death. Anyone who knew them knew how much they adored each other. I believe that Mom died of a lonely heart from missing Dad.

They are survived by their children, Mike (Pam) Bigelow of Savannah, Ga and Lynnette (Dave) Brown of Pleasant View, UT. Also surviving are Helen's brother, Bob (Zelma) Adams, Lynn's brother, Dallas (Carmen) Bigelow; eight grandkids, 26 great-grandkids; eight great-great-grandkids and many special nieces and nephews.

In addition to their parents and siblings they were preceded in death by a special granddaughter, Tammy Lynn Frost and great-grandson, Tyson McConnaughey.

Dance on forever, Mom and Dad, We love you!
As they requested Helen and Lynn were both cremated, burial to be at a later date.