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Anne Minow
Anne Minow, 84, of Olive died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002, at the Deaconess Medical Center in Billings after a brief battle with throat cancer.
Born in Streeter, N.D., on Sept. 25, 1918, she was the daughter of Nikolai and Mary Russiff Nenow. When she was eight years of age, her mother died, leaving her to help raise her brothers. Her step-mother, Pausha, became her new mother three years later and was a loving, caring influence on the family. Mrs. Minow attended country schools in the Street area.
Following her schooling, she worked on the family farm.
On June 26, 1938, she and Sam Minow were married in Streeter. They then moved to the family farm near Olive where they ranched and farmed since.
Mrs. Minow's family meant everything to her and she especially enjoyed family gatherings, cooking her ethnic dishes, gardening, crocheting afghans for each of her grandchildren, playing cards and spending time with her husband tending to ranch work. She was a member of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and the Mizpah Ladies Aide.
Her survivors include her husband of Olive; a son, Ben Minow, and his wife, Brenda, of Olive; two daughters, Mary Ann Stabio, and her husband, Vic, of Denver, Colo., and Patricia Sanburn, and her husband, Neal, of Sheridan, Wyo.; 17 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Survivors also include six brothers, John Nenow of Waterloo, Iowa, Nick Nenow of Denver; Richard Nenow of Streeter; Jim Nenow of Sacramento, Calif., Mike Nenow of Jamestown, N.D., and Roger Nenow of Woodworth, N.D.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Minow; three brothers, Nonie, Peter and George; and two sisters, Mary and Gena.
A prayer services will be held Thursday, Nov. 21, 2002, at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in the Custer County Cemetery.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the charity of one's choice.
Maxine Barnes
Maxine Barnes, 85, of Jordan died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, in the Garfield County Health Center at Jordan.
Mrs. Barnes was born May 11, 1917, in the Abby Hospital at Miles City, the first of five children born to Victor and Carrie Ingram LaPine of Paris. She attended rural elementary schools at Timber Creek and Soda Creek and high school in Brockway and Circle, graduating from Circle in 1936.
Following graduation she attended Townsend Beauty College in Billings. She worked for a short time as a beauty operator in Ekalaka.
On July 13, 1940, she and Bill Milroy were married in Wolf Point. To this union five children were born, Clifford, Bonnie, Dean, Eva and Roy. The couple raised their family in Jordan where she continued to practice her beauty work by giving perms to neighbor ladies.
In 1964 she was widowed and moved to Miles City in 1967. She and John Barnes were married Feb. 19, 1971. They lived at Cohagen until Mr. Barnes retired from ranching and moved into Miles City.
After Mr. Barnes' death, Mrs. Barnes moved into Eagles Manor where she lived for several years until failing health prompted her to move to Garfield County Health Center in Jordan. She enjoyed her family coming to visit and was always ready to travel with them.
Her survivors include five children, Dean Milroy of Miles City, Clifford, and his wife, Marj, of Scottsdale, Ariz., Bonnie, and her husband, Mike Wichers, of Vancouver, Wash., Eva, and her husband, Judd Twitchell, of Jordan, and Roy, and his wife, Connie, of Wolf Creek; four step-children, Jim Barnes of Miles City, Alan Barnes, and his wife, Karen, of Jordan, Bob Barnes of McDermit, Nev., and Kay Collins, and her husband, Jerry, of Cohagen; and seven grandchildren and step-grandchildren, Michael Twitchell, Carrie Wichers, Justin Milroy, Ginger Milroy, Toni Tivy, Allison Campbell and Neil Campbell.
Survivors also include one sister, Eva Spaulding, and her husband, Burt, of Helena; a brother, Hershel, and his wife, Betty, of Salt Lake City, Utah; and one sister-in-law, Margaurete LaPine of Sioux Falls, S.D.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, in the chapel of Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Interment will follow in the Custer County Cemetery in Miles City.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Garfield County Health Center in Jordan.
Inez N. Smith
Inez N. Smith, 99, died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002, in the Powder River Manor at Broadus.
Born Jan. 16, 1903, at her parents' ranch at Moorhead, she was the daughter of Frank T. and Lula Belle Miller Kelsey. She attended the Moorhead School and then Custer County High School in Miles City.
Upon graduating, she attended one year at Redlands College in Redlands, Calif.
She taught at country schools in Recluse, Wyo., and the Gaskill School in Powder River County. On Aug. 1, 1925, she and Carl M. Smith were married in the yard of the Frank Kelsey home. Mr. and Mrs. Smith made their home at the ranch on the Mizpah at Olive for 68-1/2 years. They raised two boys, Kenneth and Ted, and a daughter, Cora Mae.
Mrs. Smith was active in the ranch work, her husband's legislative campaigns and many organizations.
She was past matron of the Order of Eastern Star, a 4-H leader, a member of the CowBelles, the Epsie Home Demonstration Club and the Republican Women's Club. Mrs. Smith loved her garden, flowers, working outside, her grandchildren, bridge club, visiting her friends and the trips to Helena for the Legislature.
Mr. Smith died in 1993 and Mrs. Smith lived alone in the "new house" they had build in 1942 for two more years. When she was 93 years of age and had lost most of her vision, she made the decision to move to the Powder River Manor in Broadus where she lived for six and one-half years.
Her survivors include two sons, Kenneth Eugene Smith, and his wife, Coila of the home place, and Theodore Richard Smith and his wife, Ellen, of south of Broadus; one daughter, Cora Mae Ofstie, and her husband, Bob, of Amity, Ore.; nine grandchildren, Charles and Susan Smith, Eugene and Diane Smith, Terry and Kebi Smith, all of Olive, Elaine Smith-Keptner, and her husband, Michael, of Duluth, Minn., Cheri and Mark Collins of Thermopolis, Wyo., Mary and Chris Roig of Phoenix, Ariz., Annette Kircher and her fiancˇ, Charles Keller of Minot, N.D., Roseanne Ofstie of Newberg, Ore., and Sylvia Ofstie of Goleta, Calif.; 17 great-grandchildren, Lars and Philip Nelson, Matthew, Lisa and Katie Smith, Jessica, Samantha Jo and Jake Smith, Anna, Isaac and Margaret Roig, Amanda and Kayla Kircher, Christopher and Michelle Collins, and Justin and Kelsey Smith; a sister, Frances Eckerman of Sheridan, Wyo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, at 10 a.m. in the Powder River Manor in Broadus. Cremation has taken place with burial to be at a later date.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Broadus is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Powder River Manor Nursing Fund, Henry Malley Library or to the memorial of one's choice.
