Helen Marie - Age 87 - Española Livermore

Helen Marie Livermore, 87, passed away on Friday, August 30, 2013 at her home in Española. She was born March 26, 1926 in Collinsville, Texas to Earnest and Mary (Green) Hedges. Helen grew up in Whitesboro, Texas. She graduated from Whitesboro High School in 1944. After high school she began work for Grayson County Texas as an accounting clerk. She continued her diverse employment, which lead her to Pojoaque, where she purchased the Rocky Mountain Bar and in 1956 met Glen, her husband of 57 years. In 1962 they started Best Heating. In 1971 Helen became one of the first women in New Mexico to hold a natural gas, LP gas, refrigeration and process piping license which she held and used until 2009. Using Best Heating as a base they went on to start, purchase and operate many other local businesses which included Chamisa Inn, the local Radio Shack Franchise, The Sound Shop, and R & L Security. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Earnest and Mary Hedges; brothers, David, Nathan and Chick Hedges; sister, Joann Cantrell and daughter, Linda Livermore Biggs. Helen is survived by her husband Glen of Española; son, Dale Livermore and wife Kathy of Española; grandchildren, Scott Biggs, Kelly Jo Yarbrough, Chris Livermore, Brandon Livermore, and Glen Michael Livermore; great-grandchildren, Isabel Biggs, Charlie Biggs, Cory Yarbrough, Luke Yarbrough, Dinora Livermore, Thalia Livermore, and Kaylee Livermore and her nieces and nephews and other relatives. The family will be greeting friends and relatives on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 9:45 a.m. in the Sangre de Cristo Chapel of DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory with a memorial service to begin at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at 12:45 p.m. at the Santa Fe National Cemetery with the following serving as pallbearers, Michael, Mitchell, Christopher, Brandon and Glen Michael Livermore and John Vigil. Honorary pallbearers named; Dennis Saye and Skip Hemperley. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Dr. Tampa Florida 33607 or the American Cancer Society, 10501 Montgomery Blvd. NE Ste 300, Albuquerque, NM 87111, or donor’s favorite charity. The family of Helen Marie Livermore has entrusted the care of their loved one to the DeVargas Funeral Home and Crematory of the Espanola Valley.

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