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[Soonerus]

John Winston Helander




John Winston Helander went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Born October 1, 1961 to Don and Jane Helander in Tulsa. A 1979 graduate of Memorial High School and the University of Oklahoma in 1985. He did graduate work at Tulsa University. He grew to be an avid traveler excellent soccer player. He was a lover of God, family and friends. He had many interests, including charities, politics and entrepreneurial activities. Worked in Finance, IT, and business. Member Young Republicans: President, Tulsa Chapter and National Committee. Co-Founder Entrepreneurs of Tulsa and Adam Smith Foundation. MENSA and State of OK Select Soccer Team. He was inquisitive, generous, happy, creative, funny, writer, photographer, advisor, Sooner fan, helper, teacher and a joy to be around. Now risen in Christ. He is survived by mother, Jane Helander and brother, Tom Helander (of Tulsa); sister, Julia Mattern and her husband Jack, niece Elisa (all of Atlanta); and his step-children Juan Carlos Colmenares; Dr. Cristina Colmenares; uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Services will be Saturday, October 29 at Kirk of the Hills Church at 2pm. Freeman Harris 918-749-3333. Share memories at www.freemanharris.com This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 10/28/2011.




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[DCSooner]

The ultimate meltdown is truly death. RIP Dude.

[badger]

Rest in Peace, Hollis Price thread starter. Hope you found someplace elsewhere to take your business to.

[NormanPride]

Well that takes a lot of the fun out of it. :( Poor guy...

[soonerhubs]

That's sad to hear. RIP.

[DCSooner]

JK practically killed him.

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?49328-My-Decision&highlight=hollis+price

[badger]

I just gave him green spek... the rating based real spek, not betting.

[DCSooner]

I just gave him green spek... the rating based real spek, not betting. You can't take spek to heaven.

[OhU1]

He took his business elsewhere in 2005 but his last login activity was 6/16/2008 02:07 AM.

[Soonerus]

We should create an award posthumously in his honor...

[stoops the eternal pimp]

It's a shame he never knew the impact he had on this board..that every meltdown aftewards would be compared to and sometimes named "going Helander"...

[DCSooner]

We should create an award posthumously in his honor... Maybe we should turn his red into green in honor.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Someone should go helander in his honor..not dying, but meltdown

[DCSooner]

We should all chip in and buy a bench with his name on it. BAWAWAHAHAHA. SpeK to whomever remembers that.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

dear lowered im laughing..im going to hell now

[XingTheRubicon]

I always quietly root for the ones that make it out.


RIP

[Partial Qualifier]

We should all chip in and buy a bench with his name on it. BAWAWAHAHAHA. SpeK to whomever remembers that.

You talking bout the guys who stole Memorial Stadium benches and was selling them as keepsakes?

[badger]

Please don't hate-spek me, but I must say this is one of my more favorite Rus-started threads :D

PS: Bawwww, you guys helped turn him green. I'm sure that his soul will rest a little bit easier now.

[DCSooner]

You talking bout the guys who stole Memorial Stadium benches and was selling them as keepsakes? Nope.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Someone should go helander in his honor..not dying, but meltdown

Anyone in mind who might be good for a meltdown? :D

Might take a sacrificial horn, LoSuR, or Cornhole to get me started, though.

[NormanPride]

The guy that blew himself up on one of the benches?

[Howzit]

You can't take spek to heaven.
You don't know.

[StoopTroup]

Can't believe that ***** took the easy way out. I was hoping he'd beg Phil to come back.

:D

RIP John.

Young Republicans? Born in 1961! Sounds like someone should have slapped him with a restraining order...lol. ;)

[Blue]

God: "So, John what did you accomplish in Life?

John: "Well, I did amass over a 46 thousand spek rating."

RIP, buddy.

[AlbqSooner]

RIP
Gone but not forgotten.
Rus, not to worry, every epic meltdown is a Helander. Fitting memorial.

[Penguin]

He was only 50? I guess he was a little high strung. RIP.

[Soonerus]

RIP
Gone but not forgotten.
Rus, not to worry, every epic meltdown is a Helander. Fitting memorial.

Good point...

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

You talking bout the guys who stole Memorial Stadium benches and was selling them as keepsakes?I am a proud owner of two said benches. SeattleOUStudent was one of those dudes.

John Helander was the one who was trying to get stuff together for Hollis Price and family after Hurricane Katrina, but ran into a bunch of problems with the NCAA.

RIP John Helander.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Where it all began.

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?47194-Hollis-Price-Lost-Everything-OU

[8timechamps]

I always quietly root for the ones that make it out.


RIP

It's true, the only way out of SF.com, is death.

[8timechamps]

JK practically killed him.

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?49328-My-Decision&highlight=hollis+price

That thread is full of dolemite. My God, I miss dolemite.

[yermom]

the dolemite you remember is dead.

[8timechamps]

the dolemite you remember is dead.

I remember one time he got serious...correct spelling, punctuation and even made sense. I suspected he may not have been the bucket wearing goofball I thought he was. What's he up to?

[yermom]

he's just too busy for us most of the time

i think he still wears the bucket though

[CrimsonJim]

RIP

[Soonerus]

Dole is a pansy...

[yermom]

him and Batman

[SicEmBaylor]

Is it wrong that I hope that they put his meltdown as his epitaph?

[Soonerus]

Is it wrong that I hope that they put his meltdown as his epitaph?

I am sure the family has no idea...

[SicEmBaylor]

I am sure the family has no idea...

Maybe someone should tell him. It may be his longest lasting legacy in this world.

[StoopTroup]

I am sure the family has no idea...


Yep! This is between John and us. His Family shouldn't suffer for his EPIC on-line Meltdown.

It's cool he continued to support the Sooners even though he took his Mensa Profile and left. Most Mensa folks I know aren't quitters. I guess there's always going to be someone that just can't hack the Sooner Mensa Club. :D

Hopefully after he left he enjoyed his life and Family.

[StoopTroup]

he's just too busy for us most of the time

i think he still wears the bucket though



Probably werkin' on his Mensa thingy......lol

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

This is why you shouldn't post your real name on an anonymous message board.

Sincerely,
Bibi Jones

[8timechamps]

Is it wrong that I hope that they put his meltdown as his epitaph?

I'm thinking it would make a nice headstone. Too soon?

[Soonerus]

Yes, too soon...

[SicEmBaylor]

I'm thinking it would make a nice headstone. Too soon?
Rus is right -- you should have waited until after midnight. :D

[Soonerus]

Yoooooo.....Helander..........Yo........... We pray for you..........

[Sooner_Tuf]

Oh well, so is life.

[soonerbrat]

This is why you shouldn't post your real name on an anonymous message board.

Sincerely,
Bibi Jones

but bibi, if he hadn't, we wouldn't know he died, then we couldn't have turned his spek green so he could smile about it from heaven,

[Lott's Bandana]

Do we R.I.P. him on the board banner, right next to Lee Roy?


Oh.

Wait.

[Penguin]

Wow. He died Tuesday.


You don't think that OU's loss to Texas Tech sent him over the edge, do you?

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

Just to be clear, maybe we should send a card or something.

[MR2-Sooner86]

Hopefully he's not getting flamed in the afterlife the way he was on here.

[8timechamps]

So...if someone says they're going Helander, what exactly will that mean now?

[btk108]

and I thought the Boise State Blind Band Member thread was sending us all to hell.......

[winout]

I met John at OU in '83 or '84 even though we grew up in Tulsa about 2 miles from each other. He was a good friend and I just found out about his passing on Friday. It is funny that we were friends because we are fairly opposite... he a homerun hitter that would often strikeout whereas I didn't have the power and have to settle for singles. He had suffered quite a few physical ailments in the last few years including heart problems. Thankfully he did pass in his sleep.

Last time I saw him was in Tulsa and I called him from Louies (at 101/Yale?) at the beginning of the '10 Utah State and he came over and we watched the game. He was a died-hard Sooner fan for sure. If you have the 2000 KSU game recorded you can see a picture of us waving phone fingers after Savages' 74-yard TD. We went to a restaurant in their campus corner area after the game and the wait staff recognized us as the "phone finger guys." We had been on TV the week before by the local ABC affiliate KTUL when we trounced Texas. So, John said we had been on local and National TV and now his goal was to get on International TV... that is the way he thought/dreamed.

We also attended the Independence Bowl in 99/00 (met Spencer Tillman there, nice guy!) and with others to the Rose Bowl in 02/03. About anywhere you went with John you would run into someone he knew... he had many friends and was about a nice a guy that you could meet.

I will be back in Tulsa in 2 weeks in which time I hope to pass along my condolences to his family and share my thanks for his friendship over the years. Rest in peace my friend, I'll see you when I get to the other side.

[DCSooner]

Threadkiller

[8timechamps]

What's a phone finger?

[Peach Fuzz]

How'd he die?

[SoonerTerry]

What's a phone finger?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/27/article-1157762-03B1F622000005DC-230_308x240.jpg

[btk108]

http://www.mobileapptesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/et-phone-home.gif

[SicEmBaylor]

I'm laughing at both the recently deceased and the retarded in this thread. How wrong is that?

[8timechamps]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/27/article-1157762-03B1F622000005DC-230_308x240.jpg

That doesn't help at all. But, thanks for the image.