John Ted Helm's Obituary
John Ted Helm, age 58, passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2023, in a care facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, due to cancer. John was born June 28, 1965, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Thomas Eugene & Charlotte Shockley Bass. John was a very outgoing person. John had a love for motorcycles and selling cars and anything with wheels. John loved his Nike shoes. John loved his four sisters and his family, which he had nicknames for all.
John met the love of his life in 1989, Cherie Dazley Schoenfeld, with whom they had two children, Austin John Walker (Helm) and Corinne Michelle Wilkinson (Helm), which later ended, and they remained friends.
John met Rosemary Nilsson, with whom they had two children, Zachary Michael Helm, and Kylee Rose Nilsson.
John married the other love of his life with Ruthann Huntsman in 2009 and later divorced.
John is survived by his mother, Charlotte Bass, sister Christine Moffat, son Austin John Walker (Helm), daughter Corinne Michelle Wilkinson (Matthew); son Zachary Michael Helm and daughter Kylee Rose Nilsson; Charles Shockley (Christina); Sophie Shockley, and Mark Bassette, grandsons Reed and Beau Wilkinson and many nieces and nephews. John was preceded in death by his brother Gene Bass (Geno) 1999, sister Michelle Bass (Mitch)1999, sister Louise Bass (Louissse) 2003, Father Thomas E. Bass (Eugene) 2011, and sister Theresa Bass ("T" Bone) 2019, nephew Ryan Moffat (2014).
There will be no services held. John will be cremated and given to his children.
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