Vernon Stanley 'Vern' Helms, 86

Vernon Stanley "Vern" Helms, 86, passed away, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Services will be announced at a later date.Vern was born on June 12, 1919, in Taft, Calif., to Clifford and Zula Helms. He grew up and attended schools in Maricopa, Calif. He attended both Taft College and Healds Engineering College prior to moving home to help the family after his father had suffered a stroke. Vern went to work for Lockheed Aircraft in Glendale.Vern served his country as a lieutenant in the Army Air fForce during World War II. He was a member of the 398th Bomb Group and navigated a B-17 bomber called the "Ruptured Duck." Toward the end of the war, Vern flew in 18 bombing missions.Vern married Marye Alice Montgomery on Jan. 1, 1943, in Glendale, Calif. The couple made their home in Taft, where Vern went to work for Standard Oil which later became Chevron. He retired in 1980 after 35 years of service as the senior engineering manager in design and construction. Vern enjoyed traveling. In 1969, the family purchased a vacation home on the ocean at Cayucos, Calif. In 1987, he and Marye Alice began summering at Trailer Haven in Hope, Idaho. Vern was a member of the Taft Veterans of Foreign Wars, PPP (Petroleum Pioneers), Chevron Retirees, was a Sea Scout Leader, and helped build the Greenhorn Mountains Girl Scout Camp. He enjoyed fishing, duck hunting, wildlife photography, crabbing, claming, sports, and camping.He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Marye Alice Helms of Hope; two daughters, Janet Ennis of Florence, Ore., and Wendy Ezell of Newport, Ore.; nephew, Robert (Carol) Sykes of Oakland, Calif.; two grandsons, Marc (Mary) Ennis of Roseburg, Ore., and Scott (Mary Carol) Ennis of Phoenix, Ariz.; two great-grandsons, Matthew and Joshua Ennis of Roseburg, Ore.; a great-niece, Maya Sykes of Pasadena, Calif.; nephew, Barney Helms of Bakersfield, Calif.; and a brother, Walter Allen Helms.He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Montgomery "Monty" Lee Helms; and a sister, Helen Pippin.Memorial donations may be made to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013, or West Kern Oil Museum, Box 491, Taft, CA 93268.Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit Vern's memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign his online guest book.Pauline C. Rumelhart, 65

Pauline C. Rumelhart, 65, passed away in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005.

The vigil rosary services will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, in Coffelt's Moon Chapel in Sandpoint, Idaho.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Sandpoint. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park with the Rev. Dennis C. Day officiating.

Friends may call at Coffelt's Moon Chapel on Sunday from 5 p.m. until the beginning of the vigil service.

Pauline was born on Nov. 15, 1939, in Spokane, Wash., the daughter of William and Ruth Ridpath. She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane in 1957.

On March 7, 1959, she married Eugene Rumelhart in Cheney, Wash.

She attended school in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to become a dental assistant, later becoming a registered dental hygienist. She worked at the University of Buffalo Dental School in Buffalo, N.Y.

She lived in Poulsbo, Wash.; the Marshall Islands, Oak Harbor, Ohio; Puxico, Mo.; Littleton, Colo.; and Lockport, N.Y., prior to moving to Sandpoint in June 1994. She continued to work as a dental hygienist until retiring in October 2004.

She raised basset hounds, operating the R-Paws Kennel and enjoyed competing with her hounds. She was a member of the AKC Basset Hounds Club of America and the American Dental Hygiene Society.

She enjoyed fishing, and sewing and cooking for her family.

Pauline is survived by her husband of 46 years, Eugene Rumelhart of Sandpoint; a son, Timothy R. Rumelhart of Sandpoint; three daughters, Katherine J. Alexander of Portland, Ore., Patricia L. Shinn of Denver, Colo., and Rebecca A. Perry of Sandpoint; six grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Ridpath of Clark Fork, Idaho, and Judy Kenworthy of Mossy Rock, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Betty.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral Service of Sandpoint.