Great Falls Tribune (MT), 26 March 1976
Normal Boozel
Normal Boozel, 81, 1130 17th Ave. S., died Thursday in a local convalescent hospital where he had been a patient 18 months.
Born and reared in Marietta, Ill., Boozel came to Nashua with his wife, Aquilla, in 1917 and to Great Falls in 1922. He operated a second hand store and later a clothing store on Central Avenue. He left in 1930 to mine for gold in Meagher County.
After serving in World War II, he worked for a railroad out of Oakland, Calif., and later at tile installation at Billings until retiring and returning to California. He moved here in 1973. His wife died in 1928.
Survivors are a son, Dail B.; daughters, Mrs. Ed (Shirley) Zabinsky and Mrs. Robert (Pearl) Pyatt, all of Great Falls; Mrs. Clifford (Norma) Gillies, Havre; Mrs. Harry A. (Rebecca) Leffler, Anchorage, Alaska; a half-sister, Ethel Elchlepp, Oxnard, Calif; and 10 grandchildren.
Private memorial services will be held later. Cremation has taken place.
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 26 March 1976
Normal Boozel
Normal Boozel, 81, 1130 17th Ave. S., died Thursday in a local convalescent hospital where he had been a patient 18 months.
Born and reared in Marietta, Ill., Boozel came to Nashua with his wife, Aquilla, in 1917 and to Great Falls in 1922. He operated a second hand store and later a clothing store on Central Avenue. He left in 1930 to mine for gold in Meagher County.
After serving in World War II, he worked for a railroad out of Oakland, Calif., and later at tile installation at Billings until retiring and returning to California. He moved here in 1973. His wife died in 1928.
Survivors are a son, Dail B.; daughters, Mrs. Ed (Shirley) Zabinsky and Mrs. Robert (Pearl) Pyatt, all of Great Falls; Mrs. Clifford (Norma) Gillies, Havre; Mrs. Harry A. (Rebecca) Leffler, Anchorage, Alaska; a half-sister, Ethel Elchlepp, Oxnard, Calif; and 10 grandchildren.
Private memorial services will be held later. Cremation has taken place.
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