Helen Lucille Helen L Corak Huddleston

Helen was born October 15, 1922 in Hollister, Idaho. She was the daughter of Marko Pete and Ethel Corak. She was a graduate of Hollister High School and the Albion Normal School where she received her teaching certificate. She taught at Allendale Elementary, Hollister Elementary and a state girl’s reform school in Texas and substituted in the Twin Falls schools. She worked for many years as a housekeeper to earn money for her sons’ education, but her greatest accomplishment was that of mother, grandmother and homemaker. She married Leonard Huddleston on April 8, 1944 and they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary shortly before Leonard passed away.

Helen dedicated her life to hard work and helping others. Her two favorite lifetime mottos were “Good, better, best, never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best” and “Anything worth doing is worth doing well”. She was enamored with diction and poetry and spent many hours with the Word Power section of the Reader’s Digest improving her vocabulary.

Helen is survived by her four sons Laron (Margo) Huddleston of Salt Lake City, Utah, Terrell (Nancy) Huddleston of Buhl, Kelly (Nancy) Huddleston of Twin Falls, and Dennell (Patsy) Huddleston of Moses Lake, Washington and by her grandchildren Cortny (Jay ) Williams, Jacob (Megan) Huddleston, Seth Huddleston, Kinsey (Jeremy) Amen, Silas Huddleston, Riley Huddleston, Rueben Huddleston and Levi Huddleston, two step grandchildren Philip Coates Nigohosian and Randall Coates Nigohosian, her great-granddaughter Taylor Amen and two step great-grandchildren Bree Anne Amen and Devin Amen. Two more great granddaughters will be born this summer. She is also survived by her sisters, Alice Knight of Boise, Janice Anderson of Twin Falls and her brother Jim (Betty) Corak of Twin Falls. She was preceded in death by her husband Leonard, her son Marko Pete (Monnie) Huddleston, her parents, her sisters Margaret Choat, Catherine Watson and Virginia Corak, her brothers Marian Corak, Millard Corak and Paul Corak and her daughter in law Kathy Huddleston.

Helen was a member of the First Baptist Church in Filer where her funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 3 at 3:00 p.m. There will be a chance to visit with the family on Friday, May 2 from 5-8 p.m. at White Mortuary “Chapel by the Park”. Helen loved flowers, especially her roses, but in lieu of sending flowers the family requests that donations be made to the First Baptist Church in Filer.