Bessie Hadzor Rule passed away on March 21, 2013, at Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Butte.
Bessie was born in Sheridan, April 6, 1918, to James H. and Viola Adams Hadzor. She graduated from high school in Sheridan in 1935. After high school, she contemplated attending Montana State University, but joined the workforce instead, serving in secretarial and bookkeeping positions in Madison County until 1939 when she moved to Butte with her parents and siblings.
In Butte, she worked at Westinghouse Supply as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed work and organizing so much she often happily remarked she would have made a "great suffragette." When her beau, Richard Bennett Rule, proposed in 1945 that she quit working so they could marry, she did. In re-telling that story, she'd say "Isn't that romantic," with a teasing smile. They were happily married for 35 years when Dick Senior, as he was known to family, died in 1980. He had worked as chief sampler for the Butte mines and with Anaconda Co. for 40 years and 10 months.
Together the couple enjoyed a very active social life and danced many nights away at the Columbia Gardens. They raised their children, Dick and Jeanne, in Butte, moving from Crystal Street to a home they purchased on Bayard Street in the spring of 1950.
Bessie was generous as a homemaker and volunteer. Her endeavors included Silver Bow Hospital Auxiliary, AARP-tax Aide Program, with which she volunteered for 21 years, Butte Emergency Food Bank, with which she volunteered for 25 years, SCORE Chapter and Hospice. She is a recipient of the Rotarian of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards and other notable honors too numerous to name.
She attended the United Congregational Church and was highly active in her membership. At one time she was widely considered not only the eldest, but also the member with the longest record of active membership. She was entirely happy to serve her church, and laughingly told stories of the UCC's first pasty sale. It wasn't the last, but the first, she said, was successful perhaps only because members, tired from the haste of baking, simply bought all the pasties so they could rest the day of the sale.
Bessie loved gatherings of all kinds, but most enjoyed those with family, friends and neighbors. Block parties hosted in her backyard are legendary on Bayard Street, as the Laceys, Mills and Sprague families can attest.
An accomplished seamstress, she was a member of the Butte Stitchery Group. She made her family's clothing, including her husband's undershorts. Bessie was the consummate expert on stitching, and she gladly taught her nieces and granddaughter to sew. She also enjoyed crochet and knitting, and made countless pairs of mittens and slippers along with afghans. She was an avid cross-stitcher, stitching sets of pillow cases and sheets. She also enjoyed embroidery. To consider how many needles she threaded and stitches she completed truly boggles the mind.
Bessie was preceded in death by her husband, Richard "Dick" Rule, her parents, brothers Thomas Howard "T.H." Hadzor, his wife Alice, Francis E. "Swede" Hadzor, his wife Marion, Leonard "Speed" Hadzor, sister, Florence E. "Babe" Schmitt, her husband, John, two infant granddaughters and a grandson.
She is survived by her son, Richard B. Rule II, daughter, Jeanne L. Reynolds, both of Butte; very special niece Judy (Delano) Hadzor Ramsey of Butler, Okla.; granddaughter, Juliette Rule of Cheyenne, Wyo.; grandsons, Regan (Martha) Rule of Columbus, Wis., Jason (Lucinda) Radford of Queen City, Texas, Robert Radford of Steeleville, Mo.; sister-in-law, Ruth McDonald Hadzor of Boise, Idaho; two great-grandchildren; and very special friends, Bruce and Bev Sloan of Butte. She also is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. All will remember fondly her love and support.
A viewing will be hosted 1 p.m. Sunday at Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at United Congregational Church, 2945 Bayard St., with interment to follow.
Bessie was born in Sheridan, April 6, 1918, to James H. and Viola Adams Hadzor. She graduated from high school in Sheridan in 1935. After high school, she contemplated attending Montana State University, but joined the workforce instead, serving in secretarial and bookkeeping positions in Madison County until 1939 when she moved to Butte with her parents and siblings.
In Butte, she worked at Westinghouse Supply as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed work and organizing so much she often happily remarked she would have made a "great suffragette." When her beau, Richard Bennett Rule, proposed in 1945 that she quit working so they could marry, she did. In re-telling that story, she'd say "Isn't that romantic," with a teasing smile. They were happily married for 35 years when Dick Senior, as he was known to family, died in 1980. He had worked as chief sampler for the Butte mines and with Anaconda Co. for 40 years and 10 months.
Together the couple enjoyed a very active social life and danced many nights away at the Columbia Gardens. They raised their children, Dick and Jeanne, in Butte, moving from Crystal Street to a home they purchased on Bayard Street in the spring of 1950.
Bessie was generous as a homemaker and volunteer. Her endeavors included Silver Bow Hospital Auxiliary, AARP-tax Aide Program, with which she volunteered for 21 years, Butte Emergency Food Bank, with which she volunteered for 25 years, SCORE Chapter and Hospice. She is a recipient of the Rotarian of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards and other notable honors too numerous to name.
She attended the United Congregational Church and was highly active in her membership. At one time she was widely considered not only the eldest, but also the member with the longest record of active membership. She was entirely happy to serve her church, and laughingly told stories of the UCC's first pasty sale. It wasn't the last, but the first, she said, was successful perhaps only because members, tired from the haste of baking, simply bought all the pasties so they could rest the day of the sale.
Bessie loved gatherings of all kinds, but most enjoyed those with family, friends and neighbors. Block parties hosted in her backyard are legendary on Bayard Street, as the Laceys, Mills and Sprague families can attest.
An accomplished seamstress, she was a member of the Butte Stitchery Group. She made her family's clothing, including her husband's undershorts. Bessie was the consummate expert on stitching, and she gladly taught her nieces and granddaughter to sew. She also enjoyed crochet and knitting, and made countless pairs of mittens and slippers along with afghans. She was an avid cross-stitcher, stitching sets of pillow cases and sheets. She also enjoyed embroidery. To consider how many needles she threaded and stitches she completed truly boggles the mind.
Bessie was preceded in death by her husband, Richard "Dick" Rule, her parents, brothers Thomas Howard "T.H." Hadzor, his wife Alice, Francis E. "Swede" Hadzor, his wife Marion, Leonard "Speed" Hadzor, sister, Florence E. "Babe" Schmitt, her husband, John, two infant granddaughters and a grandson.
She is survived by her son, Richard B. Rule II, daughter, Jeanne L. Reynolds, both of Butte; very special niece Judy (Delano) Hadzor Ramsey of Butler, Okla.; granddaughter, Juliette Rule of Cheyenne, Wyo.; grandsons, Regan (Martha) Rule of Columbus, Wis., Jason (Lucinda) Radford of Queen City, Texas, Robert Radford of Steeleville, Mo.; sister-in-law, Ruth McDonald Hadzor of Boise, Idaho; two great-grandchildren; and very special friends, Bruce and Bev Sloan of Butte. She also is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. All will remember fondly her love and support.
A viewing will be hosted 1 p.m. Sunday at Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at United Congregational Church, 2945 Bayard St., with interment to follow.
Bessie Hadzor Rule passed away on March 21, 2013, at Copper Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Butte.
Bessie was born in Sheridan, April 6, 1918, to James H. and Viola Adams Hadzor. She graduated from high school in Sheridan in 1935. After high school, she contemplated attending Montana State University, but joined the workforce instead, serving in secretarial and bookkeeping positions in Madison County until 1939 when she moved to Butte with her parents and siblings.
In Butte, she worked at Westinghouse Supply as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed work and organizing so much she often happily remarked she would have made a "great suffragette." When her beau, Richard Bennett Rule, proposed in 1945 that she quit working so they could marry, she did. In re-telling that story, she'd say "Isn't that romantic," with a teasing smile. They were happily married for 35 years when Dick Senior, as he was known to family, died in 1980. He had worked as chief sampler for the Butte mines and with Anaconda Co. for 40 years and 10 months.
Together the couple enjoyed a very active social life and danced many nights away at the Columbia Gardens. They raised their children, Dick and Jeanne, in Butte, moving from Crystal Street to a home they purchased on Bayard Street in the spring of 1950.
Bessie was generous as a homemaker and volunteer. Her endeavors included Silver Bow Hospital Auxiliary, AARP-tax Aide Program, with which she volunteered for 21 years, Butte Emergency Food Bank, with which she volunteered for 25 years, SCORE Chapter and Hospice. She is a recipient of the Rotarian of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards and other notable honors too numerous to name.
She attended the United Congregational Church and was highly active in her membership. At one time she was widely considered not only the eldest, but also the member with the longest record of active membership. She was entirely happy to serve her church, and laughingly told stories of the UCC's first pasty sale. It wasn't the last, but the first, she said, was successful perhaps only because members, tired from the haste of baking, simply bought all the pasties so they could rest the day of the sale.
Bessie loved gatherings of all kinds, but most enjoyed those with family, friends and neighbors. Block parties hosted in her backyard are legendary on Bayard Street, as the Laceys, Mills and Sprague families can attest.
An accomplished seamstress, she was a member of the Butte Stitchery Group. She made her family's clothing, including her husband's undershorts. Bessie was the consummate expert on stitching, and she gladly taught her nieces and granddaughter to sew. She also enjoyed crochet and knitting, and made countless pairs of mittens and slippers along with afghans. She was an avid cross-stitcher, stitching sets of pillow cases and sheets. She also enjoyed embroidery. To consider how many needles she threaded and stitches she completed truly boggles the mind.
Bessie was preceded in death by her husband, Richard "Dick" Rule, her parents, brothers Thomas Howard "T.H." Hadzor, his wife Alice, Francis E. "Swede" Hadzor, his wife Marion, Leonard "Speed" Hadzor, sister, Florence E. "Babe" Schmitt, her husband, John, two infant granddaughters and a grandson.
She is survived by her son, Richard B. Rule II, daughter, Jeanne L. Reynolds, both of Butte; very special niece Judy (Delano) Hadzor Ramsey of Butler, Okla.; granddaughter, Juliette Rule of Cheyenne, Wyo.; grandsons, Regan (Martha) Rule of Columbus, Wis., Jason (Lucinda) Radford of Queen City, Texas, Robert Radford of Steeleville, Mo.; sister-in-law, Ruth McDonald Hadzor of Boise, Idaho; two great-grandchildren; and very special friends, Bruce and Bev Sloan of Butte. She also is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. All will remember fondly her love and support.
A viewing will be hosted 1 p.m. Sunday at Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at United Congregational Church, 2945 Bayard St., with interment to follow.
Bessie was born in Sheridan, April 6, 1918, to James H. and Viola Adams Hadzor. She graduated from high school in Sheridan in 1935. After high school, she contemplated attending Montana State University, but joined the workforce instead, serving in secretarial and bookkeeping positions in Madison County until 1939 when she moved to Butte with her parents and siblings.
In Butte, she worked at Westinghouse Supply as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed work and organizing so much she often happily remarked she would have made a "great suffragette." When her beau, Richard Bennett Rule, proposed in 1945 that she quit working so they could marry, she did. In re-telling that story, she'd say "Isn't that romantic," with a teasing smile. They were happily married for 35 years when Dick Senior, as he was known to family, died in 1980. He had worked as chief sampler for the Butte mines and with Anaconda Co. for 40 years and 10 months.
Together the couple enjoyed a very active social life and danced many nights away at the Columbia Gardens. They raised their children, Dick and Jeanne, in Butte, moving from Crystal Street to a home they purchased on Bayard Street in the spring of 1950.
Bessie was generous as a homemaker and volunteer. Her endeavors included Silver Bow Hospital Auxiliary, AARP-tax Aide Program, with which she volunteered for 21 years, Butte Emergency Food Bank, with which she volunteered for 25 years, SCORE Chapter and Hospice. She is a recipient of the Rotarian of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards and other notable honors too numerous to name.
She attended the United Congregational Church and was highly active in her membership. At one time she was widely considered not only the eldest, but also the member with the longest record of active membership. She was entirely happy to serve her church, and laughingly told stories of the UCC's first pasty sale. It wasn't the last, but the first, she said, was successful perhaps only because members, tired from the haste of baking, simply bought all the pasties so they could rest the day of the sale.
Bessie loved gatherings of all kinds, but most enjoyed those with family, friends and neighbors. Block parties hosted in her backyard are legendary on Bayard Street, as the Laceys, Mills and Sprague families can attest.
An accomplished seamstress, she was a member of the Butte Stitchery Group. She made her family's clothing, including her husband's undershorts. Bessie was the consummate expert on stitching, and she gladly taught her nieces and granddaughter to sew. She also enjoyed crochet and knitting, and made countless pairs of mittens and slippers along with afghans. She was an avid cross-stitcher, stitching sets of pillow cases and sheets. She also enjoyed embroidery. To consider how many needles she threaded and stitches she completed truly boggles the mind.
Bessie was preceded in death by her husband, Richard "Dick" Rule, her parents, brothers Thomas Howard "T.H." Hadzor, his wife Alice, Francis E. "Swede" Hadzor, his wife Marion, Leonard "Speed" Hadzor, sister, Florence E. "Babe" Schmitt, her husband, John, two infant granddaughters and a grandson.
She is survived by her son, Richard B. Rule II, daughter, Jeanne L. Reynolds, both of Butte; very special niece Judy (Delano) Hadzor Ramsey of Butler, Okla.; granddaughter, Juliette Rule of Cheyenne, Wyo.; grandsons, Regan (Martha) Rule of Columbus, Wis., Jason (Lucinda) Radford of Queen City, Texas, Robert Radford of Steeleville, Mo.; sister-in-law, Ruth McDonald Hadzor of Boise, Idaho; two great-grandchildren; and very special friends, Bruce and Bev Sloan of Butte. She also is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. All will remember fondly her love and support.
A viewing will be hosted 1 p.m. Sunday at Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at United Congregational Church, 2945 Bayard St., with interment to follow.
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