How glorious it shall be to celebrate this Christmas with Jesus! Esther \u201cAnn\u201d Grimm, 81, of Helena departed this life and began anew on December 12, 2011, while surrounded by her family.<\/p>\n
Born July 28, 1930 to Czechoslovakian Immigrants in Pittsburgh, PA., Ann married and gave birth to six children before moving to Montana in 1982.<\/p>\n
She loved the western way of life, her family and friends, Bingo, Steelers Football, and most of all; her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She has touched the lives of many with her wisdom, kindness, compassion, gentleness, and love. Although she no longer dwells here on this earth, her legacy will live on.<\/p>\n
She is preceded in death by her husband, Earl Grimm; Son, Douglas Grimm; Infant Daughter, Deborah; Parents, John and Anna Strnad; and Sister, Lydia Roberson.<\/p>\n
She is survived by her brother, John (Audrey) Strnad of Fairhope AL; Sister, Helen Ellis of McKinney TX; Children, David (Sue) Grimm of Clinton PA; Joyce (Larry) Dibble of East Helena MT, Janet (Kevin) Cavanaugh of East Helena MT, Duane (LuAnne) Grimm of Ambridge PA; Grandchildren, Matthew (Shelley) Eichenfels of Pittsburgh PA, Amanda, and Kayla Eichenfels of Helena MT, Coy, Connor and Nolan Cavanaugh of Helena MT, Dara (Ryan) Heick of Helena MT, Maria (Cory) Tollefson of Helena MT; Great-Grandchildren, Alarica Eichenfels of Pittsburgh PA, Billy Hamilton of Manhattan MT, Donovan, Haley, and Emme Heick of Helena MT, Colton Tollefson of Helena MT; Sister-in-Law, Shirley (Aldo) DelBianco of Pittsburgh PA, and many dear friends.<\/p>\n
A Celebration of Life will be held at Sts. Cyril and Methodius at Noon on Saturday, December 17,2011, 120 W. Riggs, East Helena, MT 59635. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Ann\u2019s name to: Lewis and Clark Veteran\u2019s Council Honor Guard, c\/o Dennis Streeter, 1272 Lucehese Rd, Helena MT, 59602. To offer condolences or share a memory of Ann, please visit: www.retzfuneralhome.com. GO STEELERS!<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1337911.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\/23405","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=23405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}