{"id":3318,"date":"2013-01-01T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T01:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=3318"},"modified":"2013-01-03T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T20:10:00","slug":"darwin-lee-simac","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/darwin-lee-simac\/","title":{"rendered":"Darwin Lee Simac"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-3318","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"fields":{"service_status":"public","event_title1":"Visitation","event_date1":"2013-01-04","start_time1":"11:00 a.m.","end_time1":"5:00 p.m.","location1":"Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home","address1":"3750 N. Montana Ave.","city1":"Helena","state1":"Montana","zipcode1":"59602","event_title2":"Rosary","event_date2":"01\/04\/2013","start_time2":"7:30 p.m.","end_time2":"","location2":"SS Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church","address2":"","city2":"East Helena","state2":"MT","zipcode2":"59635","event_title3":"Funeral Service","event_date3":"01\/05\/2013","start_time3":"2:00 p.m.","end_time3":"","location3":"The Gateway Center","address3":"1710 National Ave","city3":"Helena","state3":"MT","zipcode3":"59601","event_title4":"Reception","event_date4":"01\/05\/2013","start_time4":"Following the Funeral Mass","end_time4":"","location4":"The Gateway Center","address4":"1710 National","city4":"Helena","state4":"MT","zipcode4":"59601","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","first_name":"Darwin","middle_name":"Lee","last_name":"Simac","date_born":"06\/02\/1965","date_died":"12\/31\/2012","age":"47","city":"Helena","state":"Montana","full_obituary_text":"<p>Darwin Lee Simac \u201cDerwood\u201d, age 47, of East Helena died in automobile accident Monday evening December 31, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin was born in Cut Bank, Montana on June 2, 1965 to John and Lavonne Simac.\u00a0 He attended elementary school in East Helena, Helena High School, and then college at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin was the owner of Jackson Creek Saloon.\u00a0 He enjoyed many outdoor activities including golfing, boating, hiking, hunting, and fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin was preceded in death by his sister, Donna Meagher. He is survived by his father, John Simac; mother and step father, Lavonne and Bill Hohn; brothers, Dave (Chris) and Dennis (Teresa) Simac; and sister, Debbie (Mark) Mulcahy; his four children; Chelsea, Tyson, Karlee, and Paxson; one grandchild, Audrina Simac-Umsted; and his partner Kilynn Sharp.<\/p>\n<p>Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 4th, at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave. The family invites you to join them in praying the Rosary 7:30 p.m. Friday January 4th at SS Cyril &amp; Methodius Catholic Church in East Helena. Funeral services celebrating Darwin\u2019s Life will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 5<sup>th<\/sup> at the Gateway Center, 1710 National. A reception will be held in the Gateway Center immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Darwin\u2019s name are suggested to the Education Fund for the Children of Darwin Simac C\/O Valley Bank 3030 N. Montana Avenue Helena, Montana 59601.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Simac-Darwin-copy.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/3318","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=3318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}