Helen Louise Sickels Hunt was born October 14, 1936, to Duane E. Sickels and Leta Mae Jones Sickels in a farmhouse just across the Iowa state line into Missouri. She attended various schools during her school years starting in Mount Ayr and finishing her high school education in Mount Ayr in May of 1955.
Helen worked in Des Moines for 5 months for Bell Telephone Company. She married Maurice “Jake” Hunt February 19, 1956. David Lee was born October 6, 1956, and a little over a year later Randy Lynn was born on November 29, 1957. They lived on a farm southwest of Redding for 41 years and moved to Mount Ayr in the fall of 1999. David bought the farm and had it until he passed away in February 2022.
Helen started working at the Citizens Bank in Grant City, Missouri in May of 1966 and worked there for 19 ½ Years. She worked at First State Bank for 2 years and the Hawkeye Bank for 6 years.
Helen started bowling in the fall of 1962 and bowled until 2006. At various times she was League President, Vice president, Assistant Vice President or President.
Helen passed away on May 16, 2023.
She is survived by son Randy and wife Lori; 2 grandchildren Douglas James Hunt and Amanda Lynn (Micheal) Curphey; 4 great grandchildren Connor, Carson, Corbon, and Hayley; sisters Leta Ann McGrevey and Karen Nancy Bollerman; their children Curt (Ann) Duffield, Jason (Jill) Duffield, Kista Ann (Mark) Huffman; many nieces and nephews, other relatives, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband Jake in 2013 and son David in 2022; brother-in-law Dan McGrevey.
Memorials are to Wounded Warrior Project.
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