RONAN – Dorothy Lundvall passed away Feb. 20, 2013, two days after her 92nd birthday. She was born Dorothy Pearl Brown to Benjamin H. Brown and Goldie Spurr Brown in Methuen, Mass., on Feb. 18, 1921.
They moved to Clay County, N.C., where she grew up outdoors, living footloose and fancy free with her dog, Shep. Dorothy was the oldest of five children: sister Barbara, twins Ben and Bud, and baby brother James. Dorothy was proud of her Tarheel heritage, but as she grew, her dad told her stories about living in Montana and being a part of a Wild West show in Hardin. Dorothy was determined from a young age to live in Montana.
Dorothy married Robert Moore and had two sons, Lawrence and Franklin. She and Robert later divorced. During the war, the boys stayed with her dad and mom while she welded in Florida. At some point, she decided to move to Portland, Ore. Her dad and mom kept the boys until she could become settled. While in Portland, she met John Lundvall and Godfrey "Bud" Lundvall, brothers from Montana. She married John and they gave birth to a little girl, Benita. Lawrence and Franklin were brought out on the train by their grandpa Brown to live in Portland and after seeing Dorothy was doing OK, Ben Brown went back home to North Carolina.
At some point, her family moved to Fort Collins, Colo., and when John left to work on the roads in South America, she moved everybody back to Portland, where she had friends and a good support system. When she received news that her beloved John had been killed in South America, she was devastated. During her grieving period, she reacquainted with Bud Lundvall and they later married after moving the family back to Montana.
Oh my gosh, did Dorothy love Montana. She stated on numerous occasions that she finally felt like she was home. They bought a farm in Round Butte, west of Ronan and commenced building a life and raising kids, hay, cattle, and various other ag interests. In 1959, the farmhouse burned to the ground and they moved into town, where she lived for the remainder of her life.
Dorothy and Bud had four children together: JohnWes, Dennis, Cheryl and Keith. She worked for the Ronan School District in the lunchroom until she was hired as the teacher's aide for the special education department, from which she retired in the early 1990s.
She became active in summer league baseball, running programs, working the ticket booth and flipping burgers. During this time, she and Bud became divorced. In early 1970s, she arranged for her lower fields to be used for the new baseball fields and the grandstands were moved to their current home. Due to her persistent work for the baseball program, the community honored her by naming the south field after her. For years, Dorothy pledged her attention and energy to the kids of Ronan and the Mission Valley community and her core principle in life has been that people are more important than things. Her work in the special education department is evident in the many people who were the recipients of her tutelage and learned to read, even though it had been said they would never be able to do so.
Dorothy was a force with which to be reckoned and her legacy will live on in the lives of the many people to whom she opened her heart and home, even when resources were limited or nonexistent.
Dorothy is survived by her siblings Barbara Bracken, Ben (Lee) Brown, Bud (Betty) Brown and James (Frances) Brown; children Lawrence Moore, Franklin (Jan Pratt) Moore, Benita (Ross) Hanenburg, JohnWes (Gloria) Lundvall, Dennis (MaryKay) Lundvall, Char-el Montana, and Keith Lundvall; as well as her numerous grands and greats; and her best boydog, Digger MacGregor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Robert Moore; second husband, "the love of her life," John Lundvall; third husband Bud Lundvall; and a very cherished Carole.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Ronan High School gym with food to be served at the Ronan VFW afterward. In lieu of flowers, please bring live plants and/or written memories of Dorothy.
A family memorial service will be held on Mother's Day and her remains will be spread in her beloved orchard. "Dance and sing freely, Dorothy. Eternity is yours."
-Source: Missoulian, 8 March 2013.
They moved to Clay County, N.C., where she grew up outdoors, living footloose and fancy free with her dog, Shep. Dorothy was the oldest of five children: sister Barbara, twins Ben and Bud, and baby brother James. Dorothy was proud of her Tarheel heritage, but as she grew, her dad told her stories about living in Montana and being a part of a Wild West show in Hardin. Dorothy was determined from a young age to live in Montana.
Dorothy married Robert Moore and had two sons, Lawrence and Franklin. She and Robert later divorced. During the war, the boys stayed with her dad and mom while she welded in Florida. At some point, she decided to move to Portland, Ore. Her dad and mom kept the boys until she could become settled. While in Portland, she met John Lundvall and Godfrey "Bud" Lundvall, brothers from Montana. She married John and they gave birth to a little girl, Benita. Lawrence and Franklin were brought out on the train by their grandpa Brown to live in Portland and after seeing Dorothy was doing OK, Ben Brown went back home to North Carolina.
At some point, her family moved to Fort Collins, Colo., and when John left to work on the roads in South America, she moved everybody back to Portland, where she had friends and a good support system. When she received news that her beloved John had been killed in South America, she was devastated. During her grieving period, she reacquainted with Bud Lundvall and they later married after moving the family back to Montana.
Oh my gosh, did Dorothy love Montana. She stated on numerous occasions that she finally felt like she was home. They bought a farm in Round Butte, west of Ronan and commenced building a life and raising kids, hay, cattle, and various other ag interests. In 1959, the farmhouse burned to the ground and they moved into town, where she lived for the remainder of her life.
Dorothy and Bud had four children together: JohnWes, Dennis, Cheryl and Keith. She worked for the Ronan School District in the lunchroom until she was hired as the teacher's aide for the special education department, from which she retired in the early 1990s.
She became active in summer league baseball, running programs, working the ticket booth and flipping burgers. During this time, she and Bud became divorced. In early 1970s, she arranged for her lower fields to be used for the new baseball fields and the grandstands were moved to their current home. Due to her persistent work for the baseball program, the community honored her by naming the south field after her. For years, Dorothy pledged her attention and energy to the kids of Ronan and the Mission Valley community and her core principle in life has been that people are more important than things. Her work in the special education department is evident in the many people who were the recipients of her tutelage and learned to read, even though it had been said they would never be able to do so.
Dorothy was a force with which to be reckoned and her legacy will live on in the lives of the many people to whom she opened her heart and home, even when resources were limited or nonexistent.
Dorothy is survived by her siblings Barbara Bracken, Ben (Lee) Brown, Bud (Betty) Brown and James (Frances) Brown; children Lawrence Moore, Franklin (Jan Pratt) Moore, Benita (Ross) Hanenburg, JohnWes (Gloria) Lundvall, Dennis (MaryKay) Lundvall, Char-el Montana, and Keith Lundvall; as well as her numerous grands and greats; and her best boydog, Digger MacGregor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Robert Moore; second husband, "the love of her life," John Lundvall; third husband Bud Lundvall; and a very cherished Carole.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Ronan High School gym with food to be served at the Ronan VFW afterward. In lieu of flowers, please bring live plants and/or written memories of Dorothy.
A family memorial service will be held on Mother's Day and her remains will be spread in her beloved orchard. "Dance and sing freely, Dorothy. Eternity is yours."
-Source: Missoulian, 8 March 2013.
RONAN – Dorothy Lundvall passed away Feb. 20, 2013, two days after her 92nd birthday. She was born Dorothy Pearl Brown to Benjamin H. Brown and Goldie Spurr Brown in Methuen, Mass., on Feb. 18, 1921.
They moved to Clay County, N.C., where she grew up outdoors, living footloose and fancy free with her dog, Shep. Dorothy was the oldest of five children: sister Barbara, twins Ben and Bud, and baby brother James. Dorothy was proud of her Tarheel heritage, but as she grew, her dad told her stories about living in Montana and being a part of a Wild West show in Hardin. Dorothy was determined from a young age to live in Montana.
Dorothy married Robert Moore and had two sons, Lawrence and Franklin. She and Robert later divorced. During the war, the boys stayed with her dad and mom while she welded in Florida. At some point, she decided to move to Portland, Ore. Her dad and mom kept the boys until she could become settled. While in Portland, she met John Lundvall and Godfrey "Bud" Lundvall, brothers from Montana. She married John and they gave birth to a little girl, Benita. Lawrence and Franklin were brought out on the train by their grandpa Brown to live in Portland and after seeing Dorothy was doing OK, Ben Brown went back home to North Carolina.
At some point, her family moved to Fort Collins, Colo., and when John left to work on the roads in South America, she moved everybody back to Portland, where she had friends and a good support system. When she received news that her beloved John had been killed in South America, she was devastated. During her grieving period, she reacquainted with Bud Lundvall and they later married after moving the family back to Montana.
Oh my gosh, did Dorothy love Montana. She stated on numerous occasions that she finally felt like she was home. They bought a farm in Round Butte, west of Ronan and commenced building a life and raising kids, hay, cattle, and various other ag interests. In 1959, the farmhouse burned to the ground and they moved into town, where she lived for the remainder of her life.
Dorothy and Bud had four children together: JohnWes, Dennis, Cheryl and Keith. She worked for the Ronan School District in the lunchroom until she was hired as the teacher's aide for the special education department, from which she retired in the early 1990s.
She became active in summer league baseball, running programs, working the ticket booth and flipping burgers. During this time, she and Bud became divorced. In early 1970s, she arranged for her lower fields to be used for the new baseball fields and the grandstands were moved to their current home. Due to her persistent work for the baseball program, the community honored her by naming the south field after her. For years, Dorothy pledged her attention and energy to the kids of Ronan and the Mission Valley community and her core principle in life has been that people are more important than things. Her work in the special education department is evident in the many people who were the recipients of her tutelage and learned to read, even though it had been said they would never be able to do so.
Dorothy was a force with which to be reckoned and her legacy will live on in the lives of the many people to whom she opened her heart and home, even when resources were limited or nonexistent.
Dorothy is survived by her siblings Barbara Bracken, Ben (Lee) Brown, Bud (Betty) Brown and James (Frances) Brown; children Lawrence Moore, Franklin (Jan Pratt) Moore, Benita (Ross) Hanenburg, JohnWes (Gloria) Lundvall, Dennis (MaryKay) Lundvall, Char-el Montana, and Keith Lundvall; as well as her numerous grands and greats; and her best boydog, Digger MacGregor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Robert Moore; second husband, "the love of her life," John Lundvall; third husband Bud Lundvall; and a very cherished Carole.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Ronan High School gym with food to be served at the Ronan VFW afterward. In lieu of flowers, please bring live plants and/or written memories of Dorothy.
A family memorial service will be held on Mother's Day and her remains will be spread in her beloved orchard. "Dance and sing freely, Dorothy. Eternity is yours."
-Source: Missoulian, 8 March 2013.
They moved to Clay County, N.C., where she grew up outdoors, living footloose and fancy free with her dog, Shep. Dorothy was the oldest of five children: sister Barbara, twins Ben and Bud, and baby brother James. Dorothy was proud of her Tarheel heritage, but as she grew, her dad told her stories about living in Montana and being a part of a Wild West show in Hardin. Dorothy was determined from a young age to live in Montana.
Dorothy married Robert Moore and had two sons, Lawrence and Franklin. She and Robert later divorced. During the war, the boys stayed with her dad and mom while she welded in Florida. At some point, she decided to move to Portland, Ore. Her dad and mom kept the boys until she could become settled. While in Portland, she met John Lundvall and Godfrey "Bud" Lundvall, brothers from Montana. She married John and they gave birth to a little girl, Benita. Lawrence and Franklin were brought out on the train by their grandpa Brown to live in Portland and after seeing Dorothy was doing OK, Ben Brown went back home to North Carolina.
At some point, her family moved to Fort Collins, Colo., and when John left to work on the roads in South America, she moved everybody back to Portland, where she had friends and a good support system. When she received news that her beloved John had been killed in South America, she was devastated. During her grieving period, she reacquainted with Bud Lundvall and they later married after moving the family back to Montana.
Oh my gosh, did Dorothy love Montana. She stated on numerous occasions that she finally felt like she was home. They bought a farm in Round Butte, west of Ronan and commenced building a life and raising kids, hay, cattle, and various other ag interests. In 1959, the farmhouse burned to the ground and they moved into town, where she lived for the remainder of her life.
Dorothy and Bud had four children together: JohnWes, Dennis, Cheryl and Keith. She worked for the Ronan School District in the lunchroom until she was hired as the teacher's aide for the special education department, from which she retired in the early 1990s.
She became active in summer league baseball, running programs, working the ticket booth and flipping burgers. During this time, she and Bud became divorced. In early 1970s, she arranged for her lower fields to be used for the new baseball fields and the grandstands were moved to their current home. Due to her persistent work for the baseball program, the community honored her by naming the south field after her. For years, Dorothy pledged her attention and energy to the kids of Ronan and the Mission Valley community and her core principle in life has been that people are more important than things. Her work in the special education department is evident in the many people who were the recipients of her tutelage and learned to read, even though it had been said they would never be able to do so.
Dorothy was a force with which to be reckoned and her legacy will live on in the lives of the many people to whom she opened her heart and home, even when resources were limited or nonexistent.
Dorothy is survived by her siblings Barbara Bracken, Ben (Lee) Brown, Bud (Betty) Brown and James (Frances) Brown; children Lawrence Moore, Franklin (Jan Pratt) Moore, Benita (Ross) Hanenburg, JohnWes (Gloria) Lundvall, Dennis (MaryKay) Lundvall, Char-el Montana, and Keith Lundvall; as well as her numerous grands and greats; and her best boydog, Digger MacGregor.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Robert Moore; second husband, "the love of her life," John Lundvall; third husband Bud Lundvall; and a very cherished Carole.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Ronan High School gym with food to be served at the Ronan VFW afterward. In lieu of flowers, please bring live plants and/or written memories of Dorothy.
A family memorial service will be held on Mother's Day and her remains will be spread in her beloved orchard. "Dance and sing freely, Dorothy. Eternity is yours."
-Source: Missoulian, 8 March 2013.
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