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Birth
Helen Brownell was born in Albany N.Y. on Oct. 9, 1916 to Willard Clayton Brownell and Hazel Long
Education
Helen was educated in the Albany school system and graduated from Albany High School
Occupation
Helen was a homemaker and also worked with her husband DeForest Osterhout at Osterhout's "Indian Ladder Lodge" until his death in 1956, the lodge was sold in 1957. Helen worked for the Voorheesville school system for a short time until she got a job with NYS as a clerk and worked there until her retirement.
Marriage & Children
Helen Brownell married DeForest Osterhout in 1939 and marriage produced two children, Willard born Feb. 9, 1940 and John born Sept. 20, 1944
Death
Helen died at the home of her son Willard at Warner's Lake on Nov. 29, 1978 and is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in New Salem
Additional Media
Helen as a baby, can you find a second person in this picture, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Elizabeth and Helen Brownell photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
A small child, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen Brownell and Emma Zeh in Clarksville N.Y. photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen Brownell, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen graduates from Albany High School, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Emma Zeh and Helen Osterhout, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen Osterhout holding her son Willard, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen as a waitress at Osterhout's "Indian Ladder Lodge" 1939, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen in Fla. in 1955, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen in her kitchen at her home on the New Salem hill in 1956, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Hazel Brownell and her daughter Helen Osterhout, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bertha Brownell and her granddaughter Helen, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Helen on Spring St. Albany NY 
Helen Brownell with Anna Zeh 
Carl Herrowyn, Helen Brownell and Remington Zeh 
Helen Brownell, Emma Zeh holding the baby and ? 
Helen and Betty Brownell 
Helen with a couple of her Father's Beagle puppys 
Betty and Helen Brownell 
Helen with Betty in the carriage 
Helen Brownell 
Helen Brownell 
Waitresses's at Osterhout's Indian Ladder Lodge, courtesy of Willard Osterhout 
Helen in her chair with her alphabet book, courtesy of Willard osterhout
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