Helen Lucille Myers Leavell

HELEN LUCILLE MYERS LEAVELL Memorial services for lifelong area resident Helen Lucille Myers Leavell will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 15 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Reverend Bud Rousset will be officiating. Visitation has been set for Wednesday afternoon at the Ertel Chapel from 3to 5 p.m. Helen was born on February 3, 1940 in Cortez the daughter of Roy F. and Nora Ruth (Hickey) Myers. She passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at her home at Summit Ridge at the age of 65. On July 6, 1958 in Rico, Colo. Helen married Grady R. Leavell. With this union two children were born. Helen loved being a wife and mother. She always stood by her husband and supported him in anything he wanted to do. Later in life she loved being a grandmother and spending time with her grandsons. Helen was a kind woman who always had a compliment for people. She enjoyed visiting and having family picnics. She was known for being an excellent cook and seamstress. She also enjoyed picking wild raspberries and puffballs and dabbling in ceramics. Just being in the outdoors was a passion of Helen’s. She so loved the sunsets over Ute Mountain. Helen was a hardworking woman, driving the school bus from Rico to Dolores everyday for more than 20 years. She was also a licensed beautician. Surviving Helen are her son, Gordon Leavell and wife, Linda of Summit Ridge; her grandsons, Dallas Leavell of Ridgway, Colo., and Dylan Leavell of Summit Ridge; her sister and brother, Virginia Brien and companion, Amos Hattaway of Hemet, Calif., and Tom Myers of Montrose, Colo.; her sister-in-law, Dalzoe Mace of Dolores; several nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family; as well as her special cousin, caregiver and friend, Ina Warren and family. Preceding Helen in death were her beloved husband, Grady; and her daughter, Connie. Memorial contributions can be made in Helen’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 701 Camino Del Rio Ste# 115A, Durango, CO 81301.