Helen Alvena Gillette

GILLETTE — Helen Alvena (Carpenter), 93; born May 24, 1921, Wakeeney, Kan.; died Aug. 8, 2014, Hilo, Hawaii. Surviving: sons, Brian, Anchorage, Alaska; Lance, Fairbanks, Alaska; daughter, Maia Cummings, Anchorage; 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Helen was a newspaper reporter who lived in Anchorage, Alaska for 40 years and in Hawaii for about 20 years.