{"id":966,"date":"2012-08-20T03:22:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T09:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=966"},"modified":"2012-08-20T03:22:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T09:22:22","slug":"eva-mae-wattnem","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/eva-mae-wattnem\/","title":{"rendered":"Eva Mae Wattnem"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-966","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":"Eva","middle_name":"Mae","last_name":"Wattnem","date_born":"8\/6\/1918","date_died":"10\/26\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Eva Mae Wattnem <\/p>\n<p>Eva Mae Wattnem, 93, of Helena passed away of natural causes on October 26 surrounded by her family. Eva was born August 6, 1918 in Great Falls, MT, the daughter of Arthur and Elsie (McPheter) Sullivan. She graduated from Great Falls High School. In the fall of 1966 thru 1968 she received her education for a Licensed Practical Nursing degree thru Columbus Hospital in Great Falls. After graduation, she went to work for the Deaconess Hospital until moving to Helena in June of 1969. The following year Eva went to work for the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Ft. Harrison until her retirement. Eva enjoyed gardening, making wonderful pies, travelling, dancing, and playing card games; Whist and Pinochle. In the early years she attended Faith Lutheran in Great Falls, MT and later attending First Assembly of God. She volunteered at the VA Thrift Store. She was also involved with Soroptimists. <\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her children; Stan Peck, James (Marsha) Wattnem, Russell Wattnem, Penny (Wattnem)Sahlin-Vance, and Joanne English; grandchildren, Jason (Dana) Sahilin, Candace (Brian) Ahl, Chad (Marie) Wattnem, Jamie Wattnem, Samuel Wattnem, Lori (Tom) Young, Julie (Chuck) Panarella, Roger English, and Paula Carney; Great-Grandchildren, Calvin Sahlin, Jaydan Sahlin, Samantha Novak, Justin Ahl, Alethea (Jeremy) Wiese, Adam Young, Anthony Young, Cami Panarella, Benjamin Panarella, and Amanda Carney. She is also survived by a nephew, Dan (Delight) Sullivan, niece; Maie Sullivan and many cousins and their families. <br \/>She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Sullivan; mother, Elsie (McPheter) Sullivan; husband, Carlyle Wattnem; brothers, Chet (Mary) Sullivan and Jim Sullivan; sister, Emma (Oren) McCartney; nephew, Gary Sullivan; and grandchild, Joshua Carney. <\/p>\n<p>Burial services will be held at noon at Forestvale Cemetery with a memorial service to be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 1st at First Assembly of God; 2210 Dodge Ave, Helena, MT. Please join us for a reception at the church immediately after the services. Memorials in Eva\u2019s name are suggested to Soroptimist International Heritage Club, Inc. of Helena, MT, PO Box 6467, Helena, MT 59604. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/500210_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\/966","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=966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}