John Vincent Helmuth Obituary

John Vincent Helmuth, 66, of Wibaux, Montana, born in Wichita, Kansas March 29, 1955, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 after a lengthy illness where he lost his leg in 2018 to diabetes.
John played french horn growing up and into adulthood where he regretfully retired from it. He loved classical, jazz and blues music best. One of his favorite things to do was to get up extra early to watch the sunrise with his wife while listening to music and drinking coffee. He always told his wife her coffee was the best even when it wasn't. He had a sweet side that, regretfully his wife says, he rarely showed others.
As an adult he was an avid bird-dog man, often traveling across country to either show his beloved Springer Spaniels or field train them. He spoke fondly of them often by name for years after their passing.
As an electrical worker he was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and often spoke fondly of his work building or repairing generators and such. He loved his work but had to retire after losing his leg to diabetes in 2018.
John was also an experienced mountain climber, hiker and outdoorsman till he nearly lost his life in a fall from a cliff. Later, he and his wife would often spend the day canoeing. He said he always wanted to be Jeremiah Johnson and his wife says he definitely had it in him.
John loved chess, watching Star Trek, The Joy of Painting or just relaxing in his easy chair watching the humming birds and squirrels out the front window. He recently surprised his wife by letting his sorrow for a squirrel he loved to watch that was run over in front of their house. John was a complex man who loved deeply, regretted secretly but couldn't hide it from his wife tho he tried, and with the help of God, conquered his demons before he went Home to be with the Lord.
His greatest regret was his estrangement from his two grown children from his first marriage. He didn't know how to fix it so he often wondered aloud where they were and how they were doing.
John loved to laugh at his own jokes which were often but not maliciously unfit for the situation. His wife, whom he made cringe with his corny jokes in public, attributed it to a small stroke he survived in 2014 and had a special COVID mask made for him that read, WARNING! UNCENSORED! He wore it proudly. His favorite saying when asked in public how he was doing was a matter of fact, "Oh you know, living the good life", to which his wife would jab him with a half joking, Thanks a lot! He'd just grin. That was John. Dearly loved and missed.