WOLSTEIN, Stanley Richard \u201cDick\u201d<\/p>\n
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Stanley Richard “Dick” Wolstein of Helena, MT passed away the evening of December 27, 2012 at the Elkhorn Nursing Home in Clancy, MT\u00a0after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. \u00a0Dick was 80 years old.<\/p>\n
Dick\u00a0was born in the north Helena Valley on Chicken\u00a0Hill\u00a0on October 14, 1932. He was the third son of\u00a0Martin and Anna (Vimpany) Wolstein. \u00a0Dick attended\u00a0Central School in Helena, and then as a young man worked for the Sieben Ranches and various lumber mills in the Canyon Creek and Lincoln areas.<\/p>\n
Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951, and attained the rank of Boilermaker First Class and served on the USS Manatee during the Korean Conflict; he was honorably discharged in 1954. As luck would have it, Dick and his brother Bob ended up on the same ship during the Korean Conflict and served together. Dick was very proud of his military career and maintained lifelong friendships with his old Navy buddies. After discharge from the Navy he\u00a0began his lifelong career in drywall trade. He taught his craft\u00a0to his sons and to most of the tapers here in\u00a0Helena, he\u00a0was very well respected and known for his skills and worked well into his seventy’s. His craftsmanship is still displayed in many of Helena’s homes and businesses, and\u00a0some would say Dick was the “best damn taper” around the country. Dick\u2019s small farm and sheep flock in the North Helena Valley was his pride and joy, all of his children have many fond\u00a0memories of their upbringing in the north valley when there was just a few houses between town and there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dick was a lifelong member of the VFW and Moose Lodge. Dick married Rita Hamlin in 1959 and together they raised\u00a0their seven children.<\/p>\n
Dick was preceded in death by his\u00a0parents, wife Rita, brothers Martin and Robert, sons Reed and Trent.<\/p>\n
Dick is survived\u00a0by his children\u00a0Carla (Mike) Allen, Wayne Belgarde,\u00a0Marla Wolstein, Roxanne (Scott) Wolstein and David (Michelle) Wolstein. Dick is the\u00a0Grandfather to\u00a0Michelle, Eddie and AJ Allen, David Belgarde, Carrie (Shawn) Nuxoll, Layna and Megan Chuter, Tal Wolstein, Denny Smith, Jake and\u00a0Jessica Wilson, Alex and Brett Geist, Treg and Haven Wolstein and five great grandchildren. He also survived by\u00a0his sister in law Joan Wolstein of Butte and many\u00a0nieces, nephews, and cousins here in Helena and\u00a0Butte.<\/p>\n
A memorial service celebrating Dick\u2019s life will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, January 4, 2013 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave. A reception will follow the memorial service in the social hall of the funeral home.\u00a0 Interment, with military honors, will take place at Montana State Veteran\u2019s Cemetery at Fort Harrison following the reception.\u00a0\u00a0 Memorials in Dick\u2019s name are suggested to an organization or charity of your choice. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com<\/a> to offer the family condolences or share a memory of Dick.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Wolstein-Richard-Web1.gif","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/3303","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=3303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}