Helen Mae Savory
February 19, 1932 - May 23, 2020
Obituary
Helen Mae (Thompson) Savory was born February 19, 1932 to Milton and Alice Thompson in Seattle, WA, and passed away May 23, 2020 in Tacoma, WA at the age of 88 years. She graduated from Garfield High School in 1949. She worked for Sears & Robuck mail order in Seattle and then retired from the University of Washington in 2001.
Helen is survived by her daughter, Elaine Darby; grandsons Jared Scott Darby and Alexander Charles Darby and her son Keith Savory.
Services will be private. Helen will be placed with her husband Horace Savory at Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle. Her service will be held at a later date.
Helen was one of my Mom’s best friends from the time she worked with Helen at Sears. There was Helen, Mary Martinsen and my Mom, Mary Breed. They were like the three musketeers until my Mom died in February of 2015. When I was planning my wedding in 1972, Helen and Mary M hosted one of my bridal showers at Helen’s home. I always felt Helen was not only my Mom’s friend by my friend as well. She will be missed by many. Love from all of Mary Breed’s family. Alicia
I met Helen at our Weight Watchers meeting in Shoreline. Our leader asked those of us at the meeting if someone would be able to give a ride to Helen to our meeting each week and I volunteered. We rode together each week for months and we established a friendship in the process. We would meet for lunch off and on, and when Helen no longer attended the meetings, we would still meet for an occasional lunch. An exchange of Christmas cards followed and we would also see each other once in a while when Helen was shopping. She usually rode her electric wheelchair up to Fred Meyer despite my telling her I would take her shopping. She was so independent and wanted to do for herself rather than be dependent on my availability, since I was still working full time. I was very fond of Helen and considered her my friend. I will miss her and her spunky spirit and sharp wit. She was a gem.