Helen Bechtel, longtime resident of Ridgecrest, had a peaceful passing on 25 October 2015 after a 10-year struggle with Alzheimer's disease.Helen was born 25 February 1927 in Hoquiam, WA. She was the daughter of Henry Walton, a rancher, and Marie Cook, a college educated schoolteacher. She grew up in a log house on a homestead ranch in the foothills of the Crazy Mountains near Wilsall, MT. Her parents moved her to Livingston, MT, to [...]
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