Source-Ravalli Republic, June 23, 2006---
STEVENSVILLE - Dorothy Rose Grenfell, of Stevensville, went to meet the Lord Friday, June 16, 2006 at the age of 88 at Hunter's Glen in Missoula with her family close by her side.
She was born in Absarokee on April 10, 1918 to Arthur and Rose (Mason) Donaldson.
Dorothy moved to Missoula with her parents and brother and attended grade school. She finished her high school education in Stevensville, where she met Frank Grenfell. The couple were married on May 8, 1935 and moved to Stevensville's Three Mile area. They had six children: Rose, Sylvia, Jim, Gwen, Roger and Ross. Dorothy raised her children and supported and assisted Frank in numerous projects on their farm until 1994.
Dorothy belonged to the Three Mile Garden Club and to the local craft club. She enjoyed taking apart small appliances and repairing and restoring them back to their original state. She was a diligent seamstress, an avid canner, and baker. She knitted and crocheted gifts for all her 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren (with one on the way.) Dorothy will dearly miss her beloved companion, Mitzi, her Pekinese.
Dorothy was very charitable with her time when it came to her family. She nurtured and loved them dearly until the day she died.
Frank, her husband of 63 years, preceded her in death, also her brother, Walter, older sister Pearl and son-in-law Jack McNett.
Survivors include her six children: Rose McNett, Federal Way, Wash., Sylvia (Delos) Dickerson, Stevensville, Jim (Joy) Grenfell, Edgewood, Wash.; Gwen Grenfell, Missoula; F. Roger Grenfell, Missoula and Ross (Paula) Grenfell, Missoula. Also surviving are her 20 grandchildren: John McNett, Colleen Hildebrandt, Kent McNett, Kurt McNett, Kevin Dickerson, Karri Lawson, Karla Rocheleau, Doug Grenfell, Rhoda Story, Dal Stevens, Valerie Stevens, Kim Stevens, Brenda McCullar, Vicki Schmid, Dana Jenkins, Chris Grenfell, Stacy Barry, Jennifer Lippy, Angela Grenfell and Jeremy Grenfell.
Her great-grandchildren are: Monique, Mark, Chase, Marlayna Hildebrandt; Joshua and Codey Lawson; Kelsey, Kendall, and Kailan Rocheleau; Jimmy and Sara Story, Jessica Gader, Jeremy Brown, Kristopher Thayer, Adam Crittenden, Miranda, Malia and Anitra Schmid, Bridger and Hunter Ament, Denver Jenkins, Logan Grenfell, Andrew and Alivia Barry and Gabriel Lippy.
A very special thank you to Ray Cox, the staff of Hunters' Glen, Hospice and Partners in Home Care, and to Dr. Caldwell for your compassion to our mother. A deep gratitude to her daughter Sylvia and granddaughter Valerie for the endless hours of dedication and love.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 21, with the Rev. Tom King officiating.
Burial will follow at the Florence-Carlton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to hospice, American Heart Association, Dementia or Diabetes Association.
STEVENSVILLE - Dorothy Rose Grenfell, of Stevensville, went to meet the Lord Friday, June 16, 2006 at the age of 88 at Hunter's Glen in Missoula with her family close by her side.
She was born in Absarokee on April 10, 1918 to Arthur and Rose (Mason) Donaldson.
Dorothy moved to Missoula with her parents and brother and attended grade school. She finished her high school education in Stevensville, where she met Frank Grenfell. The couple were married on May 8, 1935 and moved to Stevensville's Three Mile area. They had six children: Rose, Sylvia, Jim, Gwen, Roger and Ross. Dorothy raised her children and supported and assisted Frank in numerous projects on their farm until 1994.
Dorothy belonged to the Three Mile Garden Club and to the local craft club. She enjoyed taking apart small appliances and repairing and restoring them back to their original state. She was a diligent seamstress, an avid canner, and baker. She knitted and crocheted gifts for all her 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren (with one on the way.) Dorothy will dearly miss her beloved companion, Mitzi, her Pekinese.
Dorothy was very charitable with her time when it came to her family. She nurtured and loved them dearly until the day she died.
Frank, her husband of 63 years, preceded her in death, also her brother, Walter, older sister Pearl and son-in-law Jack McNett.
Survivors include her six children: Rose McNett, Federal Way, Wash., Sylvia (Delos) Dickerson, Stevensville, Jim (Joy) Grenfell, Edgewood, Wash.; Gwen Grenfell, Missoula; F. Roger Grenfell, Missoula and Ross (Paula) Grenfell, Missoula. Also surviving are her 20 grandchildren: John McNett, Colleen Hildebrandt, Kent McNett, Kurt McNett, Kevin Dickerson, Karri Lawson, Karla Rocheleau, Doug Grenfell, Rhoda Story, Dal Stevens, Valerie Stevens, Kim Stevens, Brenda McCullar, Vicki Schmid, Dana Jenkins, Chris Grenfell, Stacy Barry, Jennifer Lippy, Angela Grenfell and Jeremy Grenfell.
Her great-grandchildren are: Monique, Mark, Chase, Marlayna Hildebrandt; Joshua and Codey Lawson; Kelsey, Kendall, and Kailan Rocheleau; Jimmy and Sara Story, Jessica Gader, Jeremy Brown, Kristopher Thayer, Adam Crittenden, Miranda, Malia and Anitra Schmid, Bridger and Hunter Ament, Denver Jenkins, Logan Grenfell, Andrew and Alivia Barry and Gabriel Lippy.
A very special thank you to Ray Cox, the staff of Hunters' Glen, Hospice and Partners in Home Care, and to Dr. Caldwell for your compassion to our mother. A deep gratitude to her daughter Sylvia and granddaughter Valerie for the endless hours of dedication and love.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 21, with the Rev. Tom King officiating.
Burial will follow at the Florence-Carlton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to hospice, American Heart Association, Dementia or Diabetes Association.
Source-Ravalli Republic, June 23, 2006---
STEVENSVILLE - Dorothy Rose Grenfell, of Stevensville, went to meet the Lord Friday, June 16, 2006 at the age of 88 at Hunter's Glen in Missoula with her family close by her side.
She was born in Absarokee on April 10, 1918 to Arthur and Rose (Mason) Donaldson.
Dorothy moved to Missoula with her parents and brother and attended grade school. She finished her high school education in Stevensville, where she met Frank Grenfell. The couple were married on May 8, 1935 and moved to Stevensville's Three Mile area. They had six children: Rose, Sylvia, Jim, Gwen, Roger and Ross. Dorothy raised her children and supported and assisted Frank in numerous projects on their farm until 1994.
Dorothy belonged to the Three Mile Garden Club and to the local craft club. She enjoyed taking apart small appliances and repairing and restoring them back to their original state. She was a diligent seamstress, an avid canner, and baker. She knitted and crocheted gifts for all her 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren (with one on the way.) Dorothy will dearly miss her beloved companion, Mitzi, her Pekinese.
Dorothy was very charitable with her time when it came to her family. She nurtured and loved them dearly until the day she died.
Frank, her husband of 63 years, preceded her in death, also her brother, Walter, older sister Pearl and son-in-law Jack McNett.
Survivors include her six children: Rose McNett, Federal Way, Wash., Sylvia (Delos) Dickerson, Stevensville, Jim (Joy) Grenfell, Edgewood, Wash.; Gwen Grenfell, Missoula; F. Roger Grenfell, Missoula and Ross (Paula) Grenfell, Missoula. Also surviving are her 20 grandchildren: John McNett, Colleen Hildebrandt, Kent McNett, Kurt McNett, Kevin Dickerson, Karri Lawson, Karla Rocheleau, Doug Grenfell, Rhoda Story, Dal Stevens, Valerie Stevens, Kim Stevens, Brenda McCullar, Vicki Schmid, Dana Jenkins, Chris Grenfell, Stacy Barry, Jennifer Lippy, Angela Grenfell and Jeremy Grenfell.
Her great-grandchildren are: Monique, Mark, Chase, Marlayna Hildebrandt; Joshua and Codey Lawson; Kelsey, Kendall, and Kailan Rocheleau; Jimmy and Sara Story, Jessica Gader, Jeremy Brown, Kristopher Thayer, Adam Crittenden, Miranda, Malia and Anitra Schmid, Bridger and Hunter Ament, Denver Jenkins, Logan Grenfell, Andrew and Alivia Barry and Gabriel Lippy.
A very special thank you to Ray Cox, the staff of Hunters' Glen, Hospice and Partners in Home Care, and to Dr. Caldwell for your compassion to our mother. A deep gratitude to her daughter Sylvia and granddaughter Valerie for the endless hours of dedication and love.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 21, with the Rev. Tom King officiating.
Burial will follow at the Florence-Carlton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to hospice, American Heart Association, Dementia or Diabetes Association.
STEVENSVILLE - Dorothy Rose Grenfell, of Stevensville, went to meet the Lord Friday, June 16, 2006 at the age of 88 at Hunter's Glen in Missoula with her family close by her side.
She was born in Absarokee on April 10, 1918 to Arthur and Rose (Mason) Donaldson.
Dorothy moved to Missoula with her parents and brother and attended grade school. She finished her high school education in Stevensville, where she met Frank Grenfell. The couple were married on May 8, 1935 and moved to Stevensville's Three Mile area. They had six children: Rose, Sylvia, Jim, Gwen, Roger and Ross. Dorothy raised her children and supported and assisted Frank in numerous projects on their farm until 1994.
Dorothy belonged to the Three Mile Garden Club and to the local craft club. She enjoyed taking apart small appliances and repairing and restoring them back to their original state. She was a diligent seamstress, an avid canner, and baker. She knitted and crocheted gifts for all her 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren (with one on the way.) Dorothy will dearly miss her beloved companion, Mitzi, her Pekinese.
Dorothy was very charitable with her time when it came to her family. She nurtured and loved them dearly until the day she died.
Frank, her husband of 63 years, preceded her in death, also her brother, Walter, older sister Pearl and son-in-law Jack McNett.
Survivors include her six children: Rose McNett, Federal Way, Wash., Sylvia (Delos) Dickerson, Stevensville, Jim (Joy) Grenfell, Edgewood, Wash.; Gwen Grenfell, Missoula; F. Roger Grenfell, Missoula and Ross (Paula) Grenfell, Missoula. Also surviving are her 20 grandchildren: John McNett, Colleen Hildebrandt, Kent McNett, Kurt McNett, Kevin Dickerson, Karri Lawson, Karla Rocheleau, Doug Grenfell, Rhoda Story, Dal Stevens, Valerie Stevens, Kim Stevens, Brenda McCullar, Vicki Schmid, Dana Jenkins, Chris Grenfell, Stacy Barry, Jennifer Lippy, Angela Grenfell and Jeremy Grenfell.
Her great-grandchildren are: Monique, Mark, Chase, Marlayna Hildebrandt; Joshua and Codey Lawson; Kelsey, Kendall, and Kailan Rocheleau; Jimmy and Sara Story, Jessica Gader, Jeremy Brown, Kristopher Thayer, Adam Crittenden, Miranda, Malia and Anitra Schmid, Bridger and Hunter Ament, Denver Jenkins, Logan Grenfell, Andrew and Alivia Barry and Gabriel Lippy.
A very special thank you to Ray Cox, the staff of Hunters' Glen, Hospice and Partners in Home Care, and to Dr. Caldwell for your compassion to our mother. A deep gratitude to her daughter Sylvia and granddaughter Valerie for the endless hours of dedication and love.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. at the funeral home on Wednesday, June 21, with the Rev. Tom King officiating.
Burial will follow at the Florence-Carlton Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to hospice, American Heart Association, Dementia or Diabetes Association.
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