{"id":23307,"date":"2012-09-10T08:03:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retzmemorials.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=497"},"modified":"2024-03-20T04:34:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:34:15","slug":"dee-demetria-ann-saulsberry","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/dee-demetria-ann-saulsberry\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dee&#8221; Demetria Ann Saulsberry"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-23307","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"Demetria","middle_name":"Ann","last_name":"Saulsberry","date_born":"02\/17\/1936","date_died":"04\/09\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Demetria A. (Dietrich) Saulsberry, 75, passed away April 9, 2011 at home in Townsend, of natural causes. Dee was born on February 17, 1936 in East Helena, MT to Frank and Ellen (O\u2019Shea) Dietrich. She was the third of four children.<\/p>\n<p>She attended Helena High School. She worked as an operator at the phone company in Helena until moving with her family to California. She also had fond memories of working at the Bus Station in Long Beach, Calif. In 1964 she married Billy Saulsberry in Las Vegas, NV. Together they raised 8 children.<\/p>\n<p>Dee will be greatly missed by many whose lives she has touched. She is survived by her husband, Billy Saulsberry; sons: Ed Scow of California, Billy (Wanda) Saulsberry of Virginia, Don Scow of California; daughters: Debra (Cliff) Wagomon of Montana, Pamela Hendrix of Kansas, Anndina (Lynn) Halvorsen of Wyoming, Jeanette (Jason) Roberts of Montana; 24 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins &amp; in-laws. She was adopted by many as another mother and grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>Dee was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Ellen Dietrich; brother: Jack Dietrich, sisters: Francis Nasi &amp; Gloria Garjian; son: Michael Scow; and great-granddaughter: Jezeriah Byrd.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements are being handled by Retz Funeral Home, Helena, MT. Memorial service will be held at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 301 N. Cherry St., Townsend at 10:00 am, April 15, 2011 with reception following. A private graveside service will be held at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Harrison. Her family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations in Dee\u2019s name may be made to a charity of donor\u2019s choice. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Dee, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1131904.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\/23307","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=23307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}