Helen's obituary
Helen was born on June 20, 1935 to Charles Osborne Earl and Hillary Cranston in Tacoma, Washington. After graduating from college she made a career in nursing for 39 years.
In 1951 , she married Robert Louis Powers, going on to have four children, Penny Petersen, Bobby Powers, Sandy Inman and Timothy Powers.
After retirement, Helen spent her time gardening, traveling, painting, crocheting and spending quality time with family and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by Charles Osborne Earl (Father), Hillary Cranston (Mother), Larry Earl (Brother) and Bobby Lynn Powers (Son) . She is survived by Husband, Robert Louis Powers, Siblings, Richard Earl (Wendy), Walt Earl and Marion Street (Gary), Children, Penny Petersen, Sandy Inman (Bill) and Timothy Powers, Nine Grandchildren, Stacy, Krystal Rae, Crystal Marie, Nicole, Jennifer, Cathleen, Leisha, Todd and Josh, Sixteen Great Grandchildren, Kayla, Lauryn, Alana, Jade, Marissa, Conner, Cooper, Colton, Wyatt, Mason, Conner, Dustin, Jason, Nathan, Josh and Evie.
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Helen was the sweetest person I knew, My mom and Helen were great friends and I meet Helen's son Tim and we ending up m…
Helen was the sweetest person I knew, My mom and Helen were great friends and I meet Helen's son Ti…
Helen was the sweetest person I knew, My mom and Helen were grea…