Helen Babowitcz Marshall, March 16, 1928 — January 29, 2019

Helen’s Obituary Helen Babowitcz Marshall passed away peacefully at her home in Anchorage January 29, 2019 while under hospice care. She is survived by Erhard Krinke, a German immigrant and her loving partner of 48 years. Helen is also survived by three cousins; Jane Geboski and her family who are currently living in Latham, New York, Kathryn Killian and her family who are currently living in Watervaliet, New York and Joseph Revolinsky who is currently living in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary (Jarosz) and John Babowitcz, and her paternal and maternal grandparents Kathyrn and Theodore and Tessie and Albert. She grew up in the suburbs of Cohoes, New York as an only child. Helen was a graduate of Cohoes High School and Mildred Elley Secretarial School in Albany, NY.

She was an adventurous, independent and strong woman who traveled to Alaska in 1957 with a girlfriend and made the decision to stay. She returned briefly to New York to let her parents know she was confidant she could find work in Alaska and planned to return. Initially, Helen ended up working for the Municipality of Anchorage Telephone Company, a career she had held with Bell Telephone Company in New York.

She met the love of her life, Erhard, when he was referred by a friend to do construction work on her home. After working for the telephone company, she worked for Northern Supply on Post Road until they closed their business, then J.C. Penny in the personnel department before returning to the Municipality of Anchorage to work in the Purchasing Department. She worked for the Municipality of Anchorage for over 10 years before retiring.

Helen survived the 1964 quake and sheltered neighbors and friends during the recovery. She has remained in the same lovely downtown home she has shared with Erhard for almost fifty years. Together, she and Erhard have lived a quiet life that included a love of hiking all over Alaska and bird watching.

She enjoyed planting flowers in her yard and said she “never met flower” she didn’t like. Geraniums were a favorite, as well as sweet pea, marigold, forget-me-not, cosmos and whatever else caught her eye during one of her many summer trips to the local greenhouses. Helen shared that she “loved Alaska from the first time I set foot” in Alaska and continued to love it eve after living through two big earthquakes.

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