Helen (Knothe) Nearing (1904 - 1995)

Born 23 Feb 1904 in New York City, New York, United States

Wife of Scott Nearing — married 12 Dec 1947 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 17 Sep 1995 at age 91 in Maine, United States

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Biography

Helen was born in 1904. She passed away in 1995.

Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of Living the Good Life and many other bestselling books, lived together for 53 years until Scott's death at age 100. Loving and Leaving the Good Life is Helen's testimonial to their life together and to what they stood for: self-sufficiency, generosity, social justice, and peace.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Scott Nearing and Helen Nearing, The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living, Schocken; Illustrated edition (January 3, 1990)
2. ↑ Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life, (Good Life Series), Chelsea Green Publishing; Reprint edition, March 1, 1993.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K2-CVD : 8 December 2017), Scott Nearing and Helen Knothe, 12 Dec 1947; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,116,126.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDF-PWP2 : 16 March 2018), Helen Knothe, 1921; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #46878, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 1641, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Arizona, Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WQ-2TWQ : 26 October 2019), Mrs Helen K Nearing, 1995.

• Wikipedia: Helen Nearing

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