Helen Louise Alexander
Marriages
Guy ‘Alex’ Alexander - April 28, 1946
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 11C - May 28, 2023
Helen Louise ‘Fiene’
Alexander, age 95, passed
away peacefully at her
home of 71 years, on Friday,
May 19, 2023 surrounded
by her immediate family.
Helen was born on July
25, 1927 to Webster Henry
and Gladys May ‘Birdsall’
Fiene in Grand Junction,
Colorado.
She spent all of her life
in Grand Junction except for 2 years in Washington, D.C.
She graduated from Grand Junction High School with the
Class of 1945. During her senior year she was a clerk at F.
W. Woolworths and following graduation she worked as a
bookkeeper at the United States Bank. She also worked
at Home Style Bakery and then she became secretary and
administrative assistant at the First Congregational Church.
A position that she held for 24 years.
Helen was working at the US Bank when she met Guy
‘Alex’ Alexander. Alex had been injured in the Navy and
was stationed at the Colorado Hotel in Glenwood Springs,
Colorado. They were married on April 28, 1946 in the First
Congregational Church. They planned to honeymoon in
New York, but during transfer in Denver, they found they
were not scheduled on the same train and it took them five
days to change their tickets. They eventually made their
way to his mother’s home in Washington, D.C. where they
lived for two years. Upon returning to Grand Junction,
they lived with Helen’s parents on North 12th street for
three years before building their own home at 1935 North
4th Street in 1952.
Helen had a talent and love of hand embroidery. She trea-
sured the many friendships she made in the Embroiderer’s
Guild of America (EGA) over the many years she was a
member. When she found that her vision was failing, she
picked up her knitting and continued to participate in the
guild knitting caps for cancer patients, newborns and the
Shepard Ministry at Church. She was also a member of
ABWA (American Business Women’s Assn.) and was hon-
ored as ‘Woman of the Year’ in 1982. She enjoyed coordi-
nating the GJHS Class of ‘45 reunions and more recently
luncheons with the remaining classmates.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband Alex;
her parents, Webster and Gladys Fiene; her sister, Estella
Bement and an infant brother, Stanley. She is survived
by daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Steven Kramer of
Grand Junction, and two grandsons, Douglas Kramer of
Evergreen, Co, and Steven Kramer of Grand Junction, Co.
Services will be held at Callahan Edfast Chapel located
at 2515 Patterson Road, Grand Junction, Co. at 10:30 am on
Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Burial at the Veterans Memorial
Cemetery will follow immediately after the service.
Memorial contributions in Helen’s name may be made
to HopeWest at 3090 North 12th Street, Unit B, Grand
Junction, Colorado 81506.
