Helen Kulczyk

HELEN FLORENTINA TRACHIMOWICX KULCZYK WAS BORN JUNE 21, 1914 IN DEPEW, NEW YORK TO BRONISLAWA WOJCIK AND FRANK TRACHIMOWICZ. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 1:00 pm in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home, Inc Bonners Ferry, Idaho with interment will follow in the Paradise Valley Cemetery. HELEN SPENT HER YOUNGER YEARS IN NEW YORK THEN MOVED TO NORTH DAKOTA WHERE HER FATHER HAD ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT RESIDENCE. SHE COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL IN RAY, NORTHDAKOTA AND IN 1935 SHE MARRIED LOUIE KULCZYK. IN 1938 LOUIE AND HELEN MOVED FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO RENTON, WASHINGTON THEN MOVED TO BONNERS FERRY IN 1945. WHILE IN THE BONNERS FERRY, WESTERN MONTANA AREA, HELEN AND LOUIE WERE ACTIVE IN THE FARMING AND LOGGING INDUSTRY. THEY BEGAN THEIR STAY IN BOUNDARY COUNTY ON A FARM IN THE DISTRICT 5 AREA OF THE KOOTENAI VALLEY. AFTER A FEW YEAS THEY MOVED TO THE CURLEY CREEK AREA WHERE THEY ENGAGED IN LOGGING AND CUSTOM COMBINING BOTH IN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA. THEN IN THE 1950'S THEY MOVED TO PARADISE VALLEY, NEAR NAPLES, IDAHO WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED A HOME AND A BUSINESS WHICH THEY RAN UNTIL 1977, WHEN LOUIE PASSED. HELEN CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN THE HOME UNTIL JANUARY OF 2008, WHEN SHE HAD A FALL AND SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT CAUSED HER TO LEAVE HER HOME AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IN COEUR D'ALEN, IDAHO. A PERIOD OF RECOVERY OCCURRED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE HER 94TH BIRTHDAY WITH HER FAMILY. COMPLICATIONS FROM THE FALL BECAME TOO MUCH FOR HER TO SUSTAIN AT HER ADVANCED AGE AND ULTIMATELY LED TO HER PASSING. HELEN AND LOUIE HAD TWO CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER, FAYE, BORN IN NORTH DAKOTA, A SON, LEWIS, BORN IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND ONE GRANDSON, GARRETT, BORN IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. Family and friends are invited to sign Helen’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.