David Patrick Bacon

HELENA - David Patrick Bacon, 52, formerly of Great Falls, died Thursday, April 5, at his home in Helena.

Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Monday at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home in Helena. A memorial service is planned for a later date.

David was born to LeRoy and Pat Bacon on Sept. 9, 1959, in Great Falls.

The family moved to Helena in 1971, where David finished his education. He later graduated from culinary school in Portland, Ore. He then came back to Helena and ran Lil' Rock's Café. In 1996, he returned to Great Falls, and worked at Albertsons in the Produce Department, where he remained until 2011, when he transferred to the Helena store. He was working at the Helena Albertsons at the time of his death.

David truly and deeply loved his two sons and his daughter. He also loved to cook and was great at it. David also loved to fish, ride horses, and restore antique furni-ture, but most of all, David loved to make people laugh.

He is survived by his mother, Pat Smith; sons David and Ken-neth Bacon, and their mother Susan Edelbach; daughter Alora Lee and her mother Nora Leohner; sister- and brother-in-law Camie and Mike Zufelt; brothers Michael and Douglas Bacon; Aunt Carol and Uncle Joel Marshall; Uncle Jack McVay; special friend Lora Hedrick; and numerous nieces and nephews.

David was proceed in death by father, LeRoy Bacon; stepfather Ben Smith; two brothers, Tom and Nick Bacon; and both sets of grandparents, Bacon and Mul-vaney.

Condolences may be posted online at www.aswfuneralhome.com and/or www.gftribune.com/obituaries.



David chose to take his own life.