Helen Huck Voelker Ramon, 97

“It is the end of an era for the Flathead, for Montana and for the art world at large,” with the passing of Helen Huck Voelker Ramon, 97, of Kalispell, who passed away July 3, 2012, at Heritage Place.

Helen was an artist, and in the late ’60s she was invited by founder Owen Sowerwine to organize the art department at the newly formed Flathead Valley Community College.

Helen is survived by her sons, Vincent Steven Voelker and Theodore Carlos Lovell Ramon; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and contemporaries.

Her legacy will be carried on and never forgotten by loved ones and appreciators everywhere.

Interment will be at 2 p.m. today, July 10, at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery, followed by a life celebration in the family home at 404 Third Ave. E. in Kalispell. A public memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Kalispell.