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Helen Dora Hayden, 83

Helen Dora Hayden, of Post Falls, Idaho, and formerly of Wellsboro, Pa., passed away peacefully with her family at the age of 83 years old. She was a true Valentine, born on Feb. 14, 1936, and passing on Feb. 14, 2019. Helen was an adventurer and community member, but foremost a wife, a mother and friend. She will be missed dearly.

Helen was a hard worker, raising three boys while supporting Arnie (she sometimes claimed her husband Arnie as a fourth) going to college or going to college herself. For over 25 years she passionately taught elementary school in Wellsboro, Pa., acquiring her master’s in elementary education along the way. Active locally, she enjoyed participating in community events and the local chorus. She was an active member of the Coeur d’Aleers (3C’s) and made close friends there.

An avid skier for 46 years, she taught skiing and served on the ski patrol in Pennsylvania, and with a group of like-minded fun ladies, she still took week-long ski trips to McCall, Idaho, into her late 70s. She loved to travel, anything from canoeing in the wilderness to sight-seeing in Europe. In her 50s, she decided to try something completely new and took small-plane pilot lessons. She really loved the freedom that came with flying her Cessna all around northern Pennsylvania. She also enjoyed many family visits to her cabin in Cave Bay, where she took many lake adventures in her boat with her friends.

Helen is survived by her two sons: Jim and Arn; daughters-in-law, Vicki and Rebecca and four: grandchildren Nathan, Natalie, Nora and Isabella. She is preceded in death by her son, Ed and her husband, Arnie. Her final resting place will be beside her Valentine in Wellsboro, with services will be held there in October when the mountainsides turn from their summer greens to their beautiful fall reds, yellows and oranges.