Darleen Elaine Gamble age 66 of East Helena, passed away on March 23, 2011 at St. Peter\u2019s Hospital. She was born April 10, 1944 to William R. and Irene J. (Nelson) DuCette in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n
Darleen attended grade school and graduated at Coulee Dam High School in Coulee Dam, Washington. She was primarily a homemaker at various locations as a result of being the wife of a career Air Force man, but she had also been employed for many years at Service Merchandise in Tallahassee, Florida, and at the American Bank in Livingston, Montana. Darleen had many hobbies she enjoyed which included photography, quilting, painting, gardening and shopping. But most of all her family was her greatest joy.<\/p>\n
Darleen was a very active member of the Hannaford Street Bible Church in Helena. She enjoy assisting with various activities such as the Master\u2019s Touch; Sewers and Reapers; having Bible study in her home; and preparing and delivering baby baskets for new babies born into church families.<\/p>\n
She was preceded in death by her son, Doyle Gamble; her father, William DuCette; sister, Barbara DuCette; and brothers-in-law, Jerry Best and Bob Brown. Darleen is survived by her husband of 38 years, Dale R. Gamble of East Helena; her children, Michael J. Gamble of Natal, Brazil and Terrell G. Gamble of Shreveport, LA; her mother, Irene DuCette of Wenatchee, Washington; brothers, Gordon DuCette (Debi) of Oregon City, Oregon, and Donald DuCette (Cindy) of Kalamath Falls, Oregon; sisters, Cindy Best of Sagle, Idaho, Bobbi Brown of Brandon, Florida, Patti (Pete) Mahlum of Kelso, Washington, Janice (Dennis) Hendricks of East Wenatchee, Washington, and Marian DuCette of Carson City, Nevada. Also surviving Darleen are three grandchildren.<\/p>\n
A memorial service is scheduled at 11 a.m., Mon., March 28, 2011, at the Hannaford Street Bible Church, 830 N. Hannaford St. in Helena. A reception will follow the services at the fellowship hall of the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Darleen\u2019s name to St. Peter\u2019s Hospital Cancer Treatment Center, 2475 Broadway, Helena, MT 59601; American Cancer Society, 1903 Central Avenue, Billings, MT 59102; American Diabetes Assoc., 7 W. 6th Ave., Helena, MT 59601 or to the American Heart Assc., 1831 Euclid Ave., Helena, MT 59601. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Darleen, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1115091.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}