Helen Wyatt

Helen Wyatt “Aunt Sugar” Helen, age 100, passed away peacefully Jan. 24, 2019 in Wapato at Emerald Care. She was born Nov. 9, 1918 in Utah to Gene and Helen “Neilson” Stratford. After moving to Montana with family, she graduated a year early in Montana. She was baptized into the Mormon LDS Church, having high regards for the Church. Aunt Sugar worked as a secretary in many jobs, Boeing being her favorite. According to her she was one of the best and fastest typers they every had. She loved her cats and dogs, buying truck loads of food for her critters every month. The clerks at the big stores knew her by first name. Most people didn’t know her by Helen as she was always Aunt Sugar. She called me Sugar when I was really young and from then on she was Aunt Sugar. Helen married Marshall Ross at an early age and divorced soon after, having a daughter Sharon. Helen was married to Bill Wyatt in the ’50’s and lived with him until his death in 1996. Helen and Bill traveled a lot and loved to hunt and fish in their younger years but slowed with age. Helen was preceded in death by husband, Bill Wyatt; sister, Maureen “Stratford” Robinson and her husband Kenneth; daughter, Sharon “Ross” Matti; granddaughter, Colleen “Kelly” Bohanon; brother-in-law, Bill Fulmer; son-in-law, Harold Matti; and nephew, Greg Fulmer. She is survived by her sister, Jeane Fulmer and her newly adopted stepson Steve Rolison, Dwain Robinson and wife Maureen, Doug and Maxine Robinson, Darrel and Jenny Robinson, Kurt and Josyln Robinson, Joyce “Nellie Fulmer” Stephens and husband “Gramps” Dan; 2 grandchildren, Angela Colón and Randy Roadz and many more nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank Emerald Care and all the staff and Aunt Sugar’s caregivers before the nursing home, Eva Price, Christine Hitchcock and Paula Bubay. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 2:00pm at Valley Hills Funeral Home (2600 Business Ln.) in Yakima. Burial will follow at Terrace Heights Memorial Park. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.valleyhillsfh.com To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Helen Wyatt, please visit our flower store.