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MCMICHAEL -- Helen Mae McMichael of Southport, NC passed away peacefully at the Dosher Nursing Home on Sunday, November 9, 2008. Helen was born in Newfield Township, Michigan on August 19, 1913 to the late Elmer G. and Isabell Lattin. She grew up on a Michigan farm and early in her life her parents passed away requiring her brother, Ward Lattin, the oldest sibling of six children, to place his five sisters with friends to be cared for and raised. The family that was chosen for Helen required her to move to Shelby, MI. She attended grade, junior high and high school, and upon graduating from high school in Shelby, she enrolled at Michigan State College. During her first few years at college, she met Morris H. McMichael, whom she married in 1933. Mac and Helen Gave birth to twins, Lois and Susann, who unfortunately died shortly after they were born in 1934. Then in November of 1935, Monte D. McMichael was born and now resides in Southport, NC. In 1937, Sandra L. McMichael was born, but died four years later. Mac was commissioned in the Army and was sent to Belgium during World War II. After returning, the family settled in Albuquerque, NM in 1947, Helen gave birth to Donald J. McMichael, who now resides in Milpitas, CA. While Mac worked for the University of New Mexico, Helen returned to college and became a teacher for the Albuquerque Public School System. She retired after several years, and after Mac died in 1996 she moved to Southport, NC to be closer to her older son. Besides her two sons, other survivors include two grandsons: (1) Kevin McMichael and wife Dora Lee, of Sterling, VA., a great-granddaughter (Jamie), and two great-grandsons (Chad and Jacob) and (2) Cary McMichael and wife Rachel of Leesburg, VA; two great-grandsons (Aaron and Brandon). A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10:00 a.m., at French on Wyoming Blvd. Interment will take place Friday, November 21, 2008, at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Please visit our online guestbook for Helen at RememberTheirStory.com French 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400
        Published on: Tue November 18, 2008