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Linda Marie Michell Whitford

Birth
Browning, Glacier County, Montana, USA
Death
9 Oct 2015 (aged 68)
Browning, Glacier County, Montana, USA
Burial
Browning, Glacier County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Browning—Linda M. Whitford, 68, Blackfeet Native American from Browning, MT. She attended boarding school and went to Busby in Kansas where she enjoyed her education and Cheerleading. She spent most of her life in Tacoma, WA with her husband Monte Whitford Sr., before moving back to the Blackfeet Reservation. She enveloped her education and attended Blackfeet Comm College where she studied Human Services/Psychology and was on Deans list.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Donald Michell and Irene Tailfeathers-Fischer and her stepfather Jack Fischer; her ex-husband Richard Bradford Sr., Daughters Norma Madera and Trina Bradford; grandson Allen-Blu Madera; sisters Emma and Aurelia Michell; brothers Donald Junior, Steve, Bobby, Wesley, Harold, and Ernie Michell, and Audie Lapier.
She is survived by her husband of 40 years Monte P Whitford Sr, two sons Richard Bradford jr and Monte Whitford Jr, two daughters Tawna Bradford and Mica Whitford, two brothers Michael Michell and Earl Lapier, a sister Carol Michell, and numerous grandkids and great grandkids.
Her hobbies included spending time and participating in her grandkids' lives and everything they did with school activities, Native American stories, arts and crafts, making flowers, quiet time doing her crosswords, listening to Webb Pierce radio, watching her old western movies, fishing and crabbing, visiting the zoos, walking in the Seattle parks and riding through the mountains with all of her family. Her favorite past time and what she loved doing was going to bingo, having family get togethers and going to Pow-wows.
Linda is a survivor of the June 1964, historical flood at Lower Two-medicine with her mother Irene, her grandmother Snake Woman Brocky, her daughter Norma and several other family members and friends.

Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Oct. 15, 2015
Browning—Linda M. Whitford, 68, Blackfeet Native American from Browning, MT. She attended boarding school and went to Busby in Kansas where she enjoyed her education and Cheerleading. She spent most of her life in Tacoma, WA with her husband Monte Whitford Sr., before moving back to the Blackfeet Reservation. She enveloped her education and attended Blackfeet Comm College where she studied Human Services/Psychology and was on Deans list.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Donald Michell and Irene Tailfeathers-Fischer and her stepfather Jack Fischer; her ex-husband Richard Bradford Sr., Daughters Norma Madera and Trina Bradford; grandson Allen-Blu Madera; sisters Emma and Aurelia Michell; brothers Donald Junior, Steve, Bobby, Wesley, Harold, and Ernie Michell, and Audie Lapier.
She is survived by her husband of 40 years Monte P Whitford Sr, two sons Richard Bradford jr and Monte Whitford Jr, two daughters Tawna Bradford and Mica Whitford, two brothers Michael Michell and Earl Lapier, a sister Carol Michell, and numerous grandkids and great grandkids.
Her hobbies included spending time and participating in her grandkids' lives and everything they did with school activities, Native American stories, arts and crafts, making flowers, quiet time doing her crosswords, listening to Webb Pierce radio, watching her old western movies, fishing and crabbing, visiting the zoos, walking in the Seattle parks and riding through the mountains with all of her family. Her favorite past time and what she loved doing was going to bingo, having family get togethers and going to Pow-wows.
Linda is a survivor of the June 1964, historical flood at Lower Two-medicine with her mother Irene, her grandmother Snake Woman Brocky, her daughter Norma and several other family members and friends.

Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Oct. 15, 2015


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  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155076469/linda_marie-whitford: accessed ), memorial page for Linda Marie Michell Whitford (18 Nov 1946–9 Oct 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155076469, citing Holy Family Mission Cemetery, Browning, Glacier County, Montana, USA; Maintained by JVV (contributor 46986773).