Helen Frances Hurst Darrell, 95, passed away June 30, 2016 at Devonshire Acres in
Sterling, Colorado. Helen, daughter of Jessie and Nona Hurst, was born January l,1921,
in La Junta, Colorado, the oldest of five children.

Helen graduated from high school in La Junta in 1939. She married Charles Taullie and
helped raise his two children, Jerri Ann and Pete. Charles passed away January 27, 1956.

Helen later moved to Denver and worked for several companies; among them
Montgomery Ward, J.J. Newberry, A.G. Grocery, DU Student Center, and Continental
Airlines. There she met Roy Darrell and they were married on July 5, 1963. Helen
became step mother to Roy's four boys, Ronald, Thomas, Robert, and James Edward.
One very memorable event that happened while living in Denver was losing their home
in the flood of 1965.

Helen and Roy enjoyed 46 years together before Roy passed on December 5, 2009. They
loved camping, hunting, fishing and traveling around in their motor home. You rarely
saw one of them without the other, they were a true twosome. They moved from Denver
to Akron, Colorado in 1977 where they built a home. Helen and Roy both worked for
Washington County for a number of years before retiring. Their retirement years were
spent gardening, traveling, visiting family, and seeing friends at the coffee shop.
After Roy passed, Helen stayed in their Akron home for a while. She still loved the
outdoors and could often be seen sitting outside enjoying the day. She moved to Bee
Hive Assisted Living, Sterling, CO, in April 20l2. She suffered a broken femur in June
and after being released from the hospital, moved to Devonshire Acres in July, 2012.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; husbands Charles Taullie and Roy Darrell;
sister Marie Hurst; brothers Ron and Dale Hurst; step-son Pete Taullie, and four
nephews. She is survived by brother Jerry Hurst and his wife Sharlyn; sister-in-laws
Margaret and Gwen; and her step children Jerri Ann Rumsey, Ron Darrell, Thomas
Darrell, Robert Darrell, and James Edward Darrell and their families.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m., July 5, 2016 at Bowin Funeral Home in Akron, CO.
Helen's ashes will be combined with Roy's and will be inurned at the Akron Cemetery
following the services. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.