Helen Dene Bisnett

Helen Dene Bisnett (Denie), 87, of Cottonwood, passed away on April 2nd, 2017. She was born to the late Clara Elizabeth Bates and Harry Clinton Bates SR on June 6, 1929 in Red Bluff, CA and grew up on a ranch in Dairyville and Cottonwood, CA. Denie loved riding horses. She graduated from Anderson High School in 1946 and also went to Chico State. Denie worked for Shasta County for two years and then began her career with the Superintendent of Schools in Shasta County. She retired in 1995. Denie married Vollie Bisnett on July 10, 1954. They were married for sixty one years. Denie was an avid hunter and loved spending time outdoors with her family hunting, fishing, and camping. She was a wonderful wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. Everyone who met her loved her. Denie enjoyed going to church and was the church pianist for four years while she was in high school. Denie was preceded in death by her husband Vollie Bisnett, her daughter Denie Diane Bisnett, her mother Clara Elizabeth Bates, her father Harry Clinton Bates SR, her brothers Harry Clinton Bates JR, and William Roland Bates, and her sister Beryl Elizabeth Hawkinson. Denie is survived by her loving son Mike (Nadine) Bisnett of Red Bluff, her two granddaughters Michele (Randy) Sweet of Redding, Marci (Dan) Jourdan of Red Bluff and her four great grandsons: Andrew, Hunter, Asher and Gunner. She is also survived by her sister Shirley Spoon of Cottonwood, and many other loved ones and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday April 10, 2017 at 10:30am at the First Baptist Church in Cottonwood, CA. A luncheon will follow the service. Denie's family is requesting in lieu of flowers to please donate to your favorite charity.

Arrangements under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers, Red Bluff, CA.