{"id":876,"date":"2012-08-19T17:55:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T23:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=876"},"modified":"2012-08-19T17:55:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T23:55:42","slug":"william-albert-novak","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/william-albert-novak\/","title":{"rendered":"William Albert Novak"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-876","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":"William","middle_name":"Albert","last_name":"Novak","date_born":"4\/29\/1938","date_died":"7\/3\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>William (Willie) Albert Novak, 73, of Helena, passed away July 3, 2011. Born on April 29, 1938 to Emma and John Novak in Helena.<\/p>\n<p>Willie spent his life engaging in work, family, and country. As a serviceman, he proudly spent 6 years in the U.S. Army. After serving, Willie used his occupational talents locally at Elk River Concrete Products for 5 years, as well as the ASARCO smelter in East Helena where he retired after 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst his time at ASARCO and with Elk River, Willie was often found on different farms all across the Helena Valley, building on generations of agricultural history in Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his tireless work ethic, he always made time to take his family hunting and fishing during season. Willie was also no stranger to humor and loved practical jokes, as any member of his family can tell you. <br \/>Willie is preceded in death by his parents, John and Emma; 3 brothers, Joe, John and Mike; 1 sister, Ann Novak Colar.<\/p>\n<p>Willie is survived by his wife of 49 years Francis (Hayman) Novak; his brothers, Harry and Pete; sisters, Florence, Dorothy, and Francis; sister in laws, Donna and Elaine; and his children, Jody Novak, Kurt Novak, Laura Novak, Billy Jr. (Lenniea) Novak, June (Dan) Wall, Butch (Shelly) Parmer and Barb (Dave) Lewis . Willie also leaves behind 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2011 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 650 Logan Street in Helena. Burial will be held immediately after at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery Fort Harrison. A reception will follow at the Serviceman\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n<p>The family would like to thank Dr. Paustian for everything he did for Willie.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/412547_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\/876","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=876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}