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Rh and he returned to Oregon, but as the years went by they prospered and when Mr. Helmick died in 1877 they had enough property to enable "Grandma" Helmick to build herself a home in Albany, Oregon, and live there the rest of her days without want.

September 12,1924, when the West Side Highway was dedicated Governor Walter Pierce and other officials of the state, and 7000 people from the Willamette Valley, through which the highway runs, and in which Albany, Oregon, the home of "Grandma" is located, came to honor her, and pay tribute to the spirit which prompted the generous gift. Living near her in Oregon "Grandma" has two children, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.