{"id":798,"date":"2012-08-19T06:18:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T12:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=798"},"modified":"2012-08-19T06:18:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T12:18:07","slug":"richard-donald-wilhelm","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/richard-donald-wilhelm\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Donald Wilhelm"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-798","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"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":"Richard","middle_name":"Donald","last_name":"Wilhelm","date_born":"5\/31\/1947","date_died":"4\/2\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Richard Donald Wilhelm, age 63, died on Saturday, April 2, 2011. He was born in Anaconda, MT May 31, 1947 to John Wilhelm and Cecilia Marthaller Wilhelm. <\/p>\n<p>Richard worked many jobs in the Anaconda and Butte area. At the time of his death, Richard had been working in Helena. For the past 11 years, the Motherlode Restaurant and Casino was not only his place of employment but where he considered everyone his friend and extended family. <\/p>\n<p>Richard enjoyed working with wood, trying his luck panning for gold, and playing the poker machines. He was also a skilled pool player. Richard was at his happiest when he was fishing or planning his next fishing trip. <\/p>\n<p>Richard was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Lorraine Whaley. <\/p>\n<p>Survivors include brothers, John of Anaconda, Gene (Pam) of Anaconda, and Dwayne of Butte; nieces and nephews, Evelyn Dziak, Ed Lorenz, Nadene Lehti, Jeff Baslington, Jason Wilhelm, Greg Wilhelm, and Gina Wilhelm; special great-nephews and niece, Dylan, Lynneah, and Ayden Baslington; several cousins, great-nephews and nieces. Also surviving is his cousin, friend, and most presently his kind and loving caregiver, Lynette Flink. <\/p>\n<p>Cremation has taken place. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 7, 2011 at St. Peter\u2019s Catholic Church in Anaconda, MT. Please join the family and friends for a social gathering to celebrate Richard\u2019s life at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9 at the Motherlode Casino. Interment of Richard\u2019s cremated remains will be at Sunset Memorial Garden Cemetery in Butte, MT at a later date. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/350145_profile_pic.png","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/798","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=798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}