{"id":23314,"date":"2012-09-10T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retzmemorials.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=504"},"modified":"2024-03-20T04:26:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:26:28","slug":"alvina-c-welliver","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/alvina-c-welliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvina C. Welliver"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-23314","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":"Alvina","middle_name":"C.","last_name":"Welliver","date_born":"06\/17\/1919","date_died":"04\/21\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Alvina C. Welliver, age 91 of Helena passed away at her home on April 21, 2011. She was born on June 17, 1919 to George M. and Dolly S. (Smith) Cusker in Scobey, Montana. Alvina graduated High School at the age of 15 in Poplar, Montana and attended business college in Spokane. She briefly served in the Women\u2019s Navy during WWII and was honorably discharged in 1944. On September 22, 1945, Alvina married Harrison F. Welliver in Missoula, Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Alvina worked in a variety of positions for the State of Montana beginning with the State Legislature and ending with the State Health Department and then retired after 37 years. She enjoyed many activities and loved to bake, make candy and quilting. Alvina was adjutant for the DAVA unit in Helena for many years and also volunteered at St. Peter\u2019s Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n<p>Alvina was preceded in death by her husband, Harrison in 1981 and her parents. She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Welliver and grandchildren, Amber and Daniel Holmes all of Helena.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service is scheduled at 11 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2011 at Retz Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Forestvale Cemetery. The family is inviting all those who wish to share their stories and memories of Alvina to a potluck at the American Legion Hall on Custer Ave. following the graveside service. To offer a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Alvina, please visit www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1140676.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\/23314","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=23314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}