Helen Blanche Holt Labanowski

Helen Blanche Labanowski passed away on November 25, 2015. She was widowed at age 44 with the passing of her 47 year-old husband on November 25, 1971, exactly 44 years before her. Helen will be laid to rest at Fort Lawton Post Cemetery next to her husband and infant son. Her life will be celebrated at 11AM on December 4, 2015 at a small informal graveside service at Fort Lawton Post Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.

Born on March 25, 1927, in Snohomish, Washington, Helen lived 88 years and 9 months. She graduated from Everett High School as Helen HOLT, and attended Everett Community College for a short time before falling for a handsome New York gentleman in an Air Force uniform. She married Leonard Labanowski and began her life as a military wife, moving back and forth from the West Coast to the East Coast several times over the next 22+ years, returning to Everett with her children during each of Leonard's overseas tours. Helen worked for Washington State Government for nearly 20 years and retired as a Word Processing Specialist. In 1974 she built a house next to her aging parents, George and Beulah Holt, to help with their care. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and enjoyed traveling for many years as an active lifetime member of the Order of Amaranth.

A special "Thank You" to the entire staff at Brookdale of Lynnwood Memory Care for the loving care they provided Helen during the past 15 months.

She is survived by her two children, Helen Ann Shreve (Bruce) and Stephen Labanowski; three grandsons, David Baldwin, Jeffrey Baldwin (Jen), and Shawn Shreve; two great-granddaughters, Sydelle Wyatt Baldwin, and Sidra Baldwin; three nieces, Sharol Ravenstein (Michael), Lycia Ackerson, and Linda Ottoman; and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews.

Memorials in Helen's name may be made to Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org, in lieu of flowers.

Arrangements under the direction of Purdy & Walters at Floral Hills, Lynnwood, Washington.