HELEN ELIZABETH (FJELD) FIELDS SMYTH
April 28, 1918 - March 18, 1981
Helen was born in Eureka, UT to Daniel Richard Fields (1886-1940) and Barbara Mendenhall Fields (1885-1947).
She joined her sister, Frances Barbara Fields Evans Morgan (1913-2003).
Helen married Walter Dennis Smyth, Jr. (1915-1974) in 1941 at the Cathedral of the Madeline, Salt Lake City, UT. The couple had 7 children:
Tim, Maren, Tere, Julie, Edna, Barbara, and Ed.
see pictures of Helen throughout her life
Stuff we remember Mom would say: ("MOMisms"/"HELENisms")
So proud... so damn proud..
Don't you wish you'd been born rich instead of good lookin'?
The good Lord takes care of fools and small children.
He got that one by the grace of God and a fast outfield.
That was more luck than good management
I can't, I have a bone in my leg
to man who hadn't shaved in a few days: Where did you go after you shaved?
To a burp, she'd say: Did ya get any on ya?.
Go play on the yellow line.
This is NOT children's hour
I feel like I was sent for and couldn't come...
Don't know whether to shit or go blind.
EAT THAT ORANGE OUTSIDE!!!! (more a warning than an ism!!)
Everything is relative.
Shit'll do for brains if you're lucky
Tomorrow's another day
By the grace of God and long-handled spoon.
I'm going to have a fit and fall into it.
What's for dinner? Strychnine & ground glass.
What's for dinner? What the little boy shot at
What did he shoot at? Doesn't matter. He missed.
There's someone for everyone as the old lady when she kissed the cow.
Ain't Love Grand
When she heard something drop: Did you drop your teeth?
That's neither here nor there
"If ya live long enough, everything's funny" -Kay McGrath
there now see, too.
Pretty is as pretty does (while giving a permanent)
It's painful to be beautiful (while giving a permanent)
Six of one - half a dozen of the other
My sufficiency is sufancified
Wouldn't that just frost you
...falling apart at the seams.
It's raining pitch forks and hoe handles.
You can't change the spots on a cow
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
Who's on the phone: Why it's Mrs, McGillicutty
Mrs. Neville walked around with her skirt tucked into her panties.
Where are you going? Crazy, you wanna come?
How much is that: Six & 7/8ths!
Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Goin' to hell in a hand basket
Close the door. Are you heating (or cooling) the outdoors?
Dont cry honey, you dont have a pretty cry
I look like a sack of doorknobs
Plenty of men will love you... the trick is to find one YOU love.
Terms we remember Mom would use:
Cob-kiddelees
Sid Sandwich (bacon on toast - her neighbor Sid used to have in the AM at her house when she was a kid in Eureka, UT.
Green apple one step (diarrhea)
Brief Coversation with Julie
When I was 17, she had me make a list of the top five things I thought were qualities important to me in a lifelong relationship. I was only 17, so there were things I had no experience with, but I can tell you that an 1) honest, 2) intelligent, 3) funny, 4) interesting, 5) sensitive, half-way good looking man WHO LOVES ME fits the bill! Oh... and since 17 Ive learned that it helps if hes has good parents.
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