Helen Wilson

Helen Jean Steele Wilson

PHS Secretary

PHS Class of 1946

Helen was born and raised in Goshen, Utah. She embraced learning and excelled in reading, writing, penmanship and spelling bees. She had fond memories of ice skating on Howlers Pond and Goshen Dam, enjoying Easter Egg Hunts on Sand Hill with her family, and frequenting Milo's confectionary store with friends. One of her special memories was working side by side with her father in the alfalfa fields on their 40 acres in Genola. Helen graduated from Payson High School, with high honors, in 1946. She then attended BYU where she was a member of the BYU volleyball team.

Helen was a woman of many skills. She was a talented homemaker and beautiful seamstress. She was resourceful and hard working and capable of tackling any job such as book-keeping for her husband's upholstery business, gardening, and canning fruit, painting the house inside and out while keeping it clean and attractive. She embraced music, playing the piano and was 1st chair clarinetist in the Payson High School Band. She sang with the Goshen Singing Mothers at the age of 12 and sang most of her adult life in church and civic choirs, including La Nesta Chorus, and Payson Civic Choral. Helen was skilled at shorthand, and was a longtime teller and stenographer at First Security Bank in Payson. After her children were raised, she worked at Payson High School for 14 years as a counselor secretary and later as the front office attendance secretary. Working with PHS students and staff, she was a friend to all. Her unconditional love made everyone around her feel loved and special.

Inducted 2002