{"id":836,"date":"2012-08-19T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=836"},"modified":"2012-08-19T11:16:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T17:16:44","slug":"kirby-dale-ballard","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/kirby-dale-ballard\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby Dale Ballard"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-836","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":"Kirby","middle_name":"Dale","last_name":"Ballard","date_born":"4\/1\/1951","date_died":"5\/17\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Kirby Dale Ballard of Helena died unexpectedly of natural causes on May 17, 2011. He was 60 years of age. He was born to Margaret Ann (Wolfenbarger) and Walter Thomas Ballard on April 1, 1951 in Hamilton, MT. <\/p>\n<p>Kirby attended schools in Helena and graduated from Helena High School in 1969. He attended the University of Montana. On May 8, 1974, he married Karen Hoff in Helena. She preceded him in death on February 24, 2003. Kirby lived in Helena and worked in construction as a concrete worker most of his adult life. He was passionate about hunting, reading and leather working, and was a great cook. <\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret and ex-wife, Karen. <\/p>\n<p>Kirby is survived by his father and step-mother, Walter and Sandy Ballard of Clancy; son, Griff Ballard; step-children, Lori Flesher, Kim (Keith) Dykeman, and Zenda Beecroft; brother, Tom (Holly) Ballard; sisters, Sue (Elton) Melle, Kay Ballard (Jim Mallard), and Peggy Ballard (Irvin Parry). He is also survived by his grandchildren, Gavin Ballard, Malayna Dykeman, Colter Dykeman, Katie Flesher, Lyssa Flesher, and Chelsey Flesher. <\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 24th at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. A reception will be held at the Eagles on Fee Street immediately following the memorial service. A continued Potluck gathering Celebrating Kirby\u2019s life will be held starting at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Happ\u2019s Bar. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd of Story.\u201d ~Kirby<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/386652_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/836","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=836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}