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Helen Flint
Posted 9/13/12
Funeral services for Helen Flint will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. George Moore officiating.
Burial will follow in Mount Pisgah Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Gillette Memorial Chapel.
Helen Marie Flint, 94, of Gillette, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital of natural causes.
She was born Feb. 17, 1918, the daughter of Joel and Ester (Anderson) Ohman in Sheridan.
She graduated as salutatorian in 1935 from Campbell County High School. She attended the University of Wyoming.
Upon completing her schooling, she eloped to South Dakota, marrying Richard E. Flint on Dec. 22, 1936. The couple made their home in Campbell County where they leased a ranch and eventually bought the current family ranch in 1939, where they raised their children together.
She made and designed her own clothes, as well as her daughters. She taught sewing and was a 4-H leader for a number of years. She was active in the Gillette Bowling Leagues despite her gnarled hands.
In the spring of 1973, her husband died. She later married Gerald McCoy on June 15, 1984. He also died. Years later, she married Roy Rolo on July 23, 1992. He also preceded her in death.
She made afghans for her grandchildren, booties and sweaters for newborns. She loved to golf, play bridge, cribbage, bingo and shuffleboard during her 35 years of wintering in Arizona. She was president of Windor Park (Arizona) activity board. She traveled to more than 22 foreign countries repeating Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Sweden and Mexico.
When she was unable to travel to Arizona any longer, she looked forward to her noon meals at the Senior Center. She was a member of the Campbell County Cattle Women, Rebecca Lodge and the Presbyterian Women Association.
Mrs. Flint is survived by her children, Randall Richard Flint of Gillette and Alice Marie Anderson of Gillette; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, parents, infant daughter, Karen Jean, brother, Eric Ohman and grandson, Randall Flint Jr.
Memorials are suggested to benefit the Senior Center in her name. Memorials and condolences may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. Fifth St., Gillette, WY 82716 or condolences via the Internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com or attached to the obituary on the News Record’s website at www.gillettenewsrecord.com.