Phyllis Lorraine VanWechel was born in Havre, Montana on April 11th, 1928. She was one of four children born to Gertrude Narstad and Jacob VanWechel. Phyllis grew up on the family farm north of Rudyard and attended the Happy Hollow Country School near there. She graduated from Rudyard High School in 1946.
Phyllis married Richard S. Anderson in Kalispell on April 13th, 1947. In the years that followed, they made their home predominantly in the Joplin community where they farmed and raised their family of five boys. In the late 1960's Phyllis took employment as a bookkeeper for the Farmer's Union Oil Company in Joplin, a job she held for eight years. She continued her bookkeeping skills for the next five-six years at the Thielman Implement Company in Chester.
Phyllis suffered from the ailments of chronic lung disease, so she has not worked outside of her home for the past several years. She died at the Liberty County Hospital on the afternoon of Easter Sunday (March 26th). She would have been 61 years old this month.
Phyllis was a member Bethel Church in Joplin and the V.F.W. Auxiliary in Chester. She enjoyed many hobbies over the years, including sewing, knitting, making afghans, painting and ceramics. She liked to play the piano and work in her flower garden. She was very proud of her large collection of dolls, and always enjoyed touring doll museums. Her favorite activities away from the home were bowling, golfing and playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Bud of Joplin; five sons and their wives, Richard and Karen of Havre, Randy and Susan of Landusky, Robert and Peggy of Havre, Roger and Christy of Belding, Michigan, and Rodney and Brenda of Belding, Michigan; 13 grandchildren; her parents, Jake and Gert VanWechel of Rudyard; two brothers, Mel VanWechel of Fort Yukon, Alaska and Jim VanWechel of Kent, Washington; one sister, Kay Norenberg
of Rudyard; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held at the Bethel church in Joplin. Burial in Joplin cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 29 March 1989
Phyllis married Richard S. Anderson in Kalispell on April 13th, 1947. In the years that followed, they made their home predominantly in the Joplin community where they farmed and raised their family of five boys. In the late 1960's Phyllis took employment as a bookkeeper for the Farmer's Union Oil Company in Joplin, a job she held for eight years. She continued her bookkeeping skills for the next five-six years at the Thielman Implement Company in Chester.
Phyllis suffered from the ailments of chronic lung disease, so she has not worked outside of her home for the past several years. She died at the Liberty County Hospital on the afternoon of Easter Sunday (March 26th). She would have been 61 years old this month.
Phyllis was a member Bethel Church in Joplin and the V.F.W. Auxiliary in Chester. She enjoyed many hobbies over the years, including sewing, knitting, making afghans, painting and ceramics. She liked to play the piano and work in her flower garden. She was very proud of her large collection of dolls, and always enjoyed touring doll museums. Her favorite activities away from the home were bowling, golfing and playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Bud of Joplin; five sons and their wives, Richard and Karen of Havre, Randy and Susan of Landusky, Robert and Peggy of Havre, Roger and Christy of Belding, Michigan, and Rodney and Brenda of Belding, Michigan; 13 grandchildren; her parents, Jake and Gert VanWechel of Rudyard; two brothers, Mel VanWechel of Fort Yukon, Alaska and Jim VanWechel of Kent, Washington; one sister, Kay Norenberg
of Rudyard; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held at the Bethel church in Joplin. Burial in Joplin cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 29 March 1989
Phyllis Lorraine VanWechel was born in Havre, Montana on April 11th, 1928. She was one of four children born to Gertrude Narstad and Jacob VanWechel. Phyllis grew up on the family farm north of Rudyard and attended the Happy Hollow Country School near there. She graduated from Rudyard High School in 1946.
Phyllis married Richard S. Anderson in Kalispell on April 13th, 1947. In the years that followed, they made their home predominantly in the Joplin community where they farmed and raised their family of five boys. In the late 1960's Phyllis took employment as a bookkeeper for the Farmer's Union Oil Company in Joplin, a job she held for eight years. She continued her bookkeeping skills for the next five-six years at the Thielman Implement Company in Chester.
Phyllis suffered from the ailments of chronic lung disease, so she has not worked outside of her home for the past several years. She died at the Liberty County Hospital on the afternoon of Easter Sunday (March 26th). She would have been 61 years old this month.
Phyllis was a member Bethel Church in Joplin and the V.F.W. Auxiliary in Chester. She enjoyed many hobbies over the years, including sewing, knitting, making afghans, painting and ceramics. She liked to play the piano and work in her flower garden. She was very proud of her large collection of dolls, and always enjoyed touring doll museums. Her favorite activities away from the home were bowling, golfing and playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Bud of Joplin; five sons and their wives, Richard and Karen of Havre, Randy and Susan of Landusky, Robert and Peggy of Havre, Roger and Christy of Belding, Michigan, and Rodney and Brenda of Belding, Michigan; 13 grandchildren; her parents, Jake and Gert VanWechel of Rudyard; two brothers, Mel VanWechel of Fort Yukon, Alaska and Jim VanWechel of Kent, Washington; one sister, Kay Norenberg
of Rudyard; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held at the Bethel church in Joplin. Burial in Joplin cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 29 March 1989
Phyllis married Richard S. Anderson in Kalispell on April 13th, 1947. In the years that followed, they made their home predominantly in the Joplin community where they farmed and raised their family of five boys. In the late 1960's Phyllis took employment as a bookkeeper for the Farmer's Union Oil Company in Joplin, a job she held for eight years. She continued her bookkeeping skills for the next five-six years at the Thielman Implement Company in Chester.
Phyllis suffered from the ailments of chronic lung disease, so she has not worked outside of her home for the past several years. She died at the Liberty County Hospital on the afternoon of Easter Sunday (March 26th). She would have been 61 years old this month.
Phyllis was a member Bethel Church in Joplin and the V.F.W. Auxiliary in Chester. She enjoyed many hobbies over the years, including sewing, knitting, making afghans, painting and ceramics. She liked to play the piano and work in her flower garden. She was very proud of her large collection of dolls, and always enjoyed touring doll museums. Her favorite activities away from the home were bowling, golfing and playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Bud of Joplin; five sons and their wives, Richard and Karen of Havre, Randy and Susan of Landusky, Robert and Peggy of Havre, Roger and Christy of Belding, Michigan, and Rodney and Brenda of Belding, Michigan; 13 grandchildren; her parents, Jake and Gert VanWechel of Rudyard; two brothers, Mel VanWechel of Fort Yukon, Alaska and Jim VanWechel of Kent, Washington; one sister, Kay Norenberg
of Rudyard; and numerous nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held at the Bethel church in Joplin. Burial in Joplin cemetery.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 29 March 1989
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