Helen Genevieve "Tink" (Walter) Ladely was born December 18, 1945 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho the daughter of Charles and Ruby (Foust) Walter and passed away at her home in Garland, Nebraska on November 23, 2013, at the age of 67 years, 11 months, 5 days. Tink was a graduate of Bonners Ferry High School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. On June 22, 1973 she was united in marriage to Robert Charles Ladely in Mission, South Dakota. After several years as a homemaker, Tink worked many years in the food service area; first at the Paxton Consolidated Schools and after their move to Seward, Nebraska in 1987 she was employed in food service with Concordia University. Tink's hobbies included gardening and baking and she particularly enjoyed spending time with her family and her grandkids. Tink is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Ruby Walter; her brother, Robert Walter and her sister, Sandy Lorentzen. Tink is survived by her husband, Bob Ladely, Garland; children and spouses, Owen and Val Vernon, Pasco, WA, Carrie and Kirk Beuster, Powell, WY, Linda and Youness Belhoussine, Powell, WY, Jenny and Jeff Schmidt, Sioux Falls, SD, Tonya Ladely and Carole Chaney, Mission, KS; eight grandchildren and one great-grandson; sister and brother-in-law, JoAnn and Manuel Roman, Bonners Ferry, ID; brother-in-law, Larry Lorentzen, Topeka, KS; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Glen and Martha Ladely, Crookston, NE; her husband Bob's siblings and spouses, Glendine and Jerry Heinert, Delmont, SD, David and Dee Ladely, North Platte, NE, Duwaine and Shirley Ladely, Dixon, NE, Kathie Lurz and friend, Tom Murry, Crookston, NE; nieces and nephews, and a host of family and friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers, and memories of life shared with Tink.