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A6 Friday, december 27, 2019 Independent RecoRd 00 1 OBITUARIES AREA DEATHS Rieker, Grace Grace Rieker, 78, of Kalispell, Montana passed away Tuesday December 24, 2019; she is survived by her children: Jeannie Wilson, Alan Rieker and Elaine Sears. Services are pending at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Johnson-Glo- schat Funeral Home and Crematory. DEATH NOTICE Frances M. Bucy April 29, 18, 2019 It is with a sad heart we had to say goodbye to a lady who lived a full life in her time on this earth.

Frances was born in Helena, Mon- tana, during the time of the depression to a large fam- ily of nine children to Tad LaRock and Olive Bernier LaRock. They were raised at the South Fork of the Dearborn. Frances married D. F. Adams in 1936 and created six amazing children; Mar- gie Copenhaver, George Ronald and Barry Adams, Rita Sammons, and Penny Cloninger.

They later divorced and she took over the full responsibility try- ing her best to care for the Frances worked and re- tired from Mountain Bell after 26 years of service. She was a remarkable lady who raised six children by herself and sacrifi ced her own personal needs to get by with limited resources. She later met a wonderful man by the name of LeRoy Bucy. He would come over in the mornings to cook her breakfast before driving her to work, pick her up for lunch and then took her home to cook dinner. LeRoy was a carpenter by trade so he built her a new home on Livingston Avenue in 1956.

After she fi nished raising her children, Frances and LeRoy married in May of 1966. They both enjoyed their life together until his passing in 1979. After her retirement in 1975 they packed up and moved to East Wenatchee, WA. After passing, Frances continued to live in the home they built until it was necessary to move her back to Helena due to her health at age 96; under protest. She was a remarkable lady; learned to drive at age 60 and took care of her beautiful yard and home well into her 90s.

Preceding her in death are her Parents, siblings; Rich- ard (WWII), William, Frederick John, Louis, James, Claire and Elinor. Additionally, her husband LeRoy 1979, son George 1971, step daughter Joyce Sands 1971, grandsons Lance Bock 1988 and David Evans 2019. Each one broke her heart. Frances is survived by her loving sister Ethel LaRock, Ron and Sandy Adams, Barry Adams and Su Bradford, Margie Copenhaver, Rita and James Sammons and Penny and Dan Cloninger. Grandchildren; Kit Jay, Roger, Gary, Marty, Melody, Kim, Kelly, Samantha, Na- talie, Shaneca, Megan, Kasha, Kris, Scott, Jason, and Tiff any.

Frances also had 38 Great-Grandchildren, eight Great-Great Grandchildren, and additional loved ones Jenny Lemieux, Sunny Mason and Pat Tanner. Wishes to thank Sandy Adams, Casey McMahon and James Sammons for loving our mother. The family would like to thank St. Peters Hospital Surgical Floor for all their care and compassion, as well as The Legacy Assisted Living for their wonderful care they provided for our mom. If you wish to donation to the Humane Society or Shriners Hospital; they were her favorite charities.

Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to off er a con- dolence to the family or to share a memory of Frances. Louise Lutey tt May 30, 21, 2019 On December 21, 2019 Myrtle Louise Lutey Murf- itt went to Heaven to be with her Savior and Lord Jesus and the many that have gone before her. Myr- tle was born on May 30, 1933 at her family home in Unionville, Montana. She was the eighth of ten children born to Mable E. and William H.

Lutey. She attended Helena schools and graduated from Helena Senior High School in 1952. On September 15, 1956 she married her soul mate, and the love of her life, Wal- ter S. Murfi tt. They had three children: Greg- ory Walter (Katherine) Murfi tt, Flint William Murfi tt, and Annemarie Murfi tt, all of Helena, MT.

She and Dad were blessed with three grandchildren: Tyrel (Stacy) Murfi tt, April (Conrad) Bentley, Zach (Kelly) Murfi tt all of Helena and seven great grandchildren: Wyatt, Hunter, Annabelle, Jolisa, Izaik, and Cheyenne Murfi tt, and Charlee Bentley all of Helena. Mom was a faithful woman. Faithful to her Lord Jesus Christ, faithful to her husband of 46 years, and faith- ful to her kids, grand-kids, and great grand-kids. She loved her family with her whole heart, mind and soul. She supported and encouraged us in all we did.

She was completely committed to our Dad, and when he died in 2002, she never had any desire to be with anyone else. She always said had the And so did we, the best parents anyone could ask for! Mom was an active member of church throughout her adult life and recently a founding member of Grace Community Fellowship. She had many favorite Scrip- tures, but one of the ones she spoke of often was Mat- thew 28:20, I am with you always, to the very end of the Mom loved music and sang all the time. She had quite the sweet tooth but her favorite was caramels. She was truly a fun person with a great sense of humor, what we in the family call Lutey sense of She had a knack for telling ghost stories and playing practical jokes.

The sound of her laughter was contagious and the depth of her love was endless. From the start she was a tom-boy! She never shied away from a game of kick-the-can with the neigh- borhood kids or passed up the opportunity to beat her brother in a go-cart race. She afraid to get her hands dirty or instigate a food fi ght. She would throw the ball with her kids and later her grand-kids. She was quite the shot with a .22, in fact, once knocked down more cans than Dad did! She enjoyed many things in this life from the warmth of the sun to the adventures of travel to the quiet mo- ments of serving behind the scenes, but these last many years her greatest joys came from her great grand-kids.

They had a special place in her heart and put a special smile on her face. She often said how beautiful, smart, and miraculous they were. She reminded us often to take in every moment with them and cherish it forever. What beautiful memories they bring. Along with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, she is survived by her sister Marlene (Keith) Swenson, her brother Chad (Virginia) Lutey, brother-in-law Zane Murfi tt, sister-in-law Nina Krak- enberg, and numerous nephews and nieces, and not to forget her two dogs Minnie and Benzee whom will miss her a lot.

She was preceded in death by her Mother and Father, seven of her siblings, sister and brother in laws, and her husband, Walter S. Murfi tt. With all of our will see you again soon Viewing will be at 10 a.m. with a funeral service to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 28th at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N.

Montana Ave. Burial will follow the service at Forestvale Cemetery. A reception will follow the burial in the social hall at the funeral home. Memorials in name may be made to the Pad for Paws Foundation, PO Box 287, Helena, MT 59624. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.

com to off er a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Myrtle. Barbara Hull Aug. 25, 9, 2019 Barbara Hull, born August 25, 1960, Denver, CO passed away at home on December 9, 2019 in Helena where she lived many years. She is preceded in death by her father, Melvin Hull, grandparents, Bill Hull and Alec Eirich. She is survived by her mother, Lillian Hull, brother, William Hull (Debbie), sister, Jane Horton (Mike).

Niece, Analicia Hull, nephews, Clayton Hull, Daniel and Nick Hampe. She attended University of Colorado and Manuel High school, Denver. She loved her cats and Denver Broncos. No services will be held. Consider donating to Animal shelter of your choice.

Love you Barb, Rest In Peace. Not all events and activities are listed here. check out hele- naevents.com for more, or to list your upcoming event. Posting an event at helenaevents.com at least three weeks in advance is recommended for item to appear in the newspaper but cannot be guaranteed. SUN, EARTH, UNIVERSE 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday-Satur- day; noon-5 p.m. Sunday at explo- rationWorks, 995 carousel Way. Through hands-on exhibit experi- ences, visitors to Sun, earth, Uni- verse will learn about how NaSa missions are designed to help answer the big questions about our planet, our solar system and the wider universe. Visitors have the chance to engineer their own model spacecraft and test its du- rability for surviving the forces of a rocket launch. exhibit runs through January 2020.

call 457- 1800 ext. 1. MONTHLY ELECTRONICS RECYCLING, DATA DESTRUCTION 10 a.m. at Good Samaritan Thrift Store, 3067 N. montana ave.

most offi ce and non-kitchen household electronics accepted for free. charges apply for bro- ken Lcd screens over rear projection televisions older style (crT console) tele- visions and more than 10 data units (hard drives, thumb drives, data cassette, etc). a $10 donation to Good Samaritan en- couraged. businesses welcome but encouraged to call ahead at 449- 6008 to see about free pickup. TAI CHI EXERCISE CLASS 10:45 a.m.

at the Helena Senior center, 200 S. cruse ave. Tai chi has been shown to be one of the most eff ective exercises for pre- venting falls. class is free for se- niors. call 457-7318 to learn more.

SOUTH HELENA TOASTMASTERS Noon at St. Health ev- ery Friday. SEW AND TELL CLASS 12:30 p.m. at the Helena Senior center, 200 S. cruse ave.

This class is great for anyone who wants to be artistic. This class does dget quilts and dot painting. you have to bring anything (unless you want to). There is no charge for se- niors. call 457-7318 to learn more.

JEFFERSON COUNTY MUSEUM DISPLAY 1 5 i a 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays, at 5 N. main clancy. The three- part exhibit features cowboys and rodeo, Jeff erson county railroads, and district court judges. OASIS TGIF Singles gathering meets at 5 p.m.

at the Staggering Ox, Lundy Shopping center, 400 euclid ave. every Friday. HELENA INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCERS 7-9 p.m. at TangoHelena Stu- dio, 13 W. Placer.

Learn dances to exotic music in a relaxed atmo- sphere. No partner or experience needed. cost is $3. every Friday, except holidays through may 22, 2020. call 442-7591.

COSMIC BOWLING 9 p.m. at Sleeping Giant Lanes, 3355 Tricia St. enjoy the atmo- sphere at Sleeping Giant Lanes during this weekly event. We turn the light down, turn the music up and bowl under the cosmic lights. call 442-2695.

HELENAEVENTS.COM MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press For the fi rst time since the early 1900s, more Amer- icans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that ects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people say they want. Deaths in nursing homes also have declined, accord- ing to a report earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine. a good thing. Death has become overly medi- calized over the last cen- and this shows a turn away from that, said the lead author, Dr. Haider Warraich of the Veterans Aff airs Boston Healthcare System.

Betsy McNair, a tour guide who now lives in Mexico, is proud of the ending she helped give her father. Robert McNair was 83 when he died at home in Belle Haven, Virginia, in 2009, six weeks after learn- ing he had lung cancer. made him exactly what he wanted to eat, when- ever he wanted it. He had a scotch every night, he had a very high quality of life. If he woke up at 2 in the morning and wanted to have coff ee and pie, what we she said.

Warraich and Duke Uni- versity graduate student Sarah Cross used govern- ment health statistics on deaths from natural causes, rather than accidents or ho- micides, from 2003 through 2017. Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2019. There are four days left in the year. Highlight in History: On Dec.

27, 2001, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld an- nounced that Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners would be held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On this date: In 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France. In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.

In 1904, James play Pan: The Boy Who Grow opened at the Duke of Theater in London. In 1958, American physicist James Van Allen reported the discovery of a second radiation belt around Earth, in addition to one found earlier in the year. In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splash- down in the Pacifi c. In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghan- istan. President Hafi zul- lah Amin, who was over- thrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.

In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fi re in- side the Rome and Vienna airports; 19 victims were killed, plus four attackers who were slain by police and security personnel. American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had stud- ied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death. In 2002, A defi ant North Korea ordered U.N. nuclear inspec- tors to leave the country and said it would restart a laboratory capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons; the U.N. nuclear watchdog said its inspectors were for the time being.

Thought for Today: has an incurable habit of not lling the prophecies of his fellow Alistair Cooke, Anglo-American jour- nalist and broadcaster (1908-2004). TODAY IN HISTORY More Americans dying at home than in hospital Speak to a Professional Preplanning Counselor Today. Getting started is easy. Call 406-227-2241 You know you want to be But do they? helenafunerals.com Our SATURDAY MURFITT, Myrtle, age 86 of Helena passed away Saturday, December 21, 2019. Viewing will be at 10 a.m.

with a funeral service to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 28th at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave. Burial will follow the ser- vice at Forestvale Cemetery. A reception will follow the burial in the social hall at the funeral home.

Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to off er a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Myrtle. OLSEN, Eugene age 81 of Helena passed away Thursday, December 19th, 2019. A memorial service celebrating life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 28th at the Church of the Naza- rene, 117 Valley Drive. A reception will follow the service in the fellowship hall of the church.

Burial will follow the reception at 3:00 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to off er a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Eugene. DONALDSON, Beverly, age 83, of Helena, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019. Viewing will be held Friday, December 27th from 4 p.m.

to 6 p.m. at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave, Helena, MT 59602. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 28th at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 535 N.

Ewing St. A re- ception will follow the service in the fellowship hall of the church. A burial will take place following the reception at Forestvale Cemetery. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to off er the family a condolence or share a memory of Bev. MONDAY MCGINNIS, Ronald age 76 of East Helena passed away Sunday, December 22, 2019.

The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Mon- day, December 30th at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to off er a condolence to the family or to share a memory of Ron..