Mrs. Anita Herron passed away Wednesday August 3rd, 2016, in Butte. She was born February 24, 1919, in Jonesboro Arkansas to William Byrd and Martha Jane (Short) Byrd.
She received her education in Alabama School’s and graduated from Bank Head High School in Cordova, Alabama in 1931. She graduated from Business College in Atlanta Georgia.
Anita married Louie Alton Herron on October 31, 1946, in Cordova Alabama, he preceded her in death.
She is also preceded in death by her parents, twin sister; Geneva Hilliard (1964), and brother; Kenneth Byrd (1997). Anita worked in Atlanta Georgia offices then in 1946 she worked at a cotton mill until 1962, when she and her family moved to Butte, MT. where her husband worked as a miner.
She was amazed at the mountains and snow that she’d never seen before. She worked house keeping jobs until shed finished her CNA training at St. James Hospital in 1964. She then worked at the Silver Bow General Hospital in the Nursery. She loved the mother’s and their babies and still remembered their names. She retired in 1981. She then volunteered for the Butte Senior Companion Program until her late eighties. She loved helping the elderly in anyway she could.
She and her good friend Rita Zeigler were the First Senior Companions to start the program and got their picture taken with Governor Judy Martz after twenty years with the program. Anita was a Christian and loved the Lord and still at 97 knew all the words of the Hymns they sang at Church.
She loved her family. She was happiest on Holiday’s when she was surrounded by her family and all her grandchildren.
She also loved babies and they were her true joy. She loved helping people and taking care of the sick and elderly. She had many close friends and everyone loved her beautiful southern accent.
She is survived by her son; Louie Alton Herron, daughter Marla Jan Herron Bartzen and daughter and son-in-law; Teresa and Tom Allen. Grandchildren; Gina and Jim Brulla of Butte, Londa and Cory Spindler of Butte, Angie and Robert Long of Oklahoma, Jake and Cara Herron of Butte, Jerry Phillip of Butte, Kris and Catelyn Allen of Butte and Garret Allen of Missoula.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00AM at Duggan Dolan Mortuary.
Internment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Gone but not Forgotten, although we are apart your spirit lives with in us Forever in Our Hearts.
Duggan Dolan Mortuary Funeral Home Obituary 08/10/2016
She received her education in Alabama School’s and graduated from Bank Head High School in Cordova, Alabama in 1931. She graduated from Business College in Atlanta Georgia.
Anita married Louie Alton Herron on October 31, 1946, in Cordova Alabama, he preceded her in death.
She is also preceded in death by her parents, twin sister; Geneva Hilliard (1964), and brother; Kenneth Byrd (1997). Anita worked in Atlanta Georgia offices then in 1946 she worked at a cotton mill until 1962, when she and her family moved to Butte, MT. where her husband worked as a miner.
She was amazed at the mountains and snow that she’d never seen before. She worked house keeping jobs until shed finished her CNA training at St. James Hospital in 1964. She then worked at the Silver Bow General Hospital in the Nursery. She loved the mother’s and their babies and still remembered their names. She retired in 1981. She then volunteered for the Butte Senior Companion Program until her late eighties. She loved helping the elderly in anyway she could.
She and her good friend Rita Zeigler were the First Senior Companions to start the program and got their picture taken with Governor Judy Martz after twenty years with the program. Anita was a Christian and loved the Lord and still at 97 knew all the words of the Hymns they sang at Church.
She loved her family. She was happiest on Holiday’s when she was surrounded by her family and all her grandchildren.
She also loved babies and they were her true joy. She loved helping people and taking care of the sick and elderly. She had many close friends and everyone loved her beautiful southern accent.
She is survived by her son; Louie Alton Herron, daughter Marla Jan Herron Bartzen and daughter and son-in-law; Teresa and Tom Allen. Grandchildren; Gina and Jim Brulla of Butte, Londa and Cory Spindler of Butte, Angie and Robert Long of Oklahoma, Jake and Cara Herron of Butte, Jerry Phillip of Butte, Kris and Catelyn Allen of Butte and Garret Allen of Missoula.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00AM at Duggan Dolan Mortuary.
Internment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Gone but not Forgotten, although we are apart your spirit lives with in us Forever in Our Hearts.
Duggan Dolan Mortuary Funeral Home Obituary 08/10/2016
Mrs. Anita Herron passed away Wednesday August 3rd, 2016, in Butte. She was born February 24, 1919, in Jonesboro Arkansas to William Byrd and Martha Jane (Short) Byrd.
She received her education in Alabama School’s and graduated from Bank Head High School in Cordova, Alabama in 1931. She graduated from Business College in Atlanta Georgia.
Anita married Louie Alton Herron on October 31, 1946, in Cordova Alabama, he preceded her in death.
She is also preceded in death by her parents, twin sister; Geneva Hilliard (1964), and brother; Kenneth Byrd (1997). Anita worked in Atlanta Georgia offices then in 1946 she worked at a cotton mill until 1962, when she and her family moved to Butte, MT. where her husband worked as a miner.
She was amazed at the mountains and snow that she’d never seen before. She worked house keeping jobs until shed finished her CNA training at St. James Hospital in 1964. She then worked at the Silver Bow General Hospital in the Nursery. She loved the mother’s and their babies and still remembered their names. She retired in 1981. She then volunteered for the Butte Senior Companion Program until her late eighties. She loved helping the elderly in anyway she could.
She and her good friend Rita Zeigler were the First Senior Companions to start the program and got their picture taken with Governor Judy Martz after twenty years with the program. Anita was a Christian and loved the Lord and still at 97 knew all the words of the Hymns they sang at Church.
She loved her family. She was happiest on Holiday’s when she was surrounded by her family and all her grandchildren.
She also loved babies and they were her true joy. She loved helping people and taking care of the sick and elderly. She had many close friends and everyone loved her beautiful southern accent.
She is survived by her son; Louie Alton Herron, daughter Marla Jan Herron Bartzen and daughter and son-in-law; Teresa and Tom Allen. Grandchildren; Gina and Jim Brulla of Butte, Londa and Cory Spindler of Butte, Angie and Robert Long of Oklahoma, Jake and Cara Herron of Butte, Jerry Phillip of Butte, Kris and Catelyn Allen of Butte and Garret Allen of Missoula.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00AM at Duggan Dolan Mortuary.
Internment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Gone but not Forgotten, although we are apart your spirit lives with in us Forever in Our Hearts.
Duggan Dolan Mortuary Funeral Home Obituary 08/10/2016
She received her education in Alabama School’s and graduated from Bank Head High School in Cordova, Alabama in 1931. She graduated from Business College in Atlanta Georgia.
Anita married Louie Alton Herron on October 31, 1946, in Cordova Alabama, he preceded her in death.
She is also preceded in death by her parents, twin sister; Geneva Hilliard (1964), and brother; Kenneth Byrd (1997). Anita worked in Atlanta Georgia offices then in 1946 she worked at a cotton mill until 1962, when she and her family moved to Butte, MT. where her husband worked as a miner.
She was amazed at the mountains and snow that she’d never seen before. She worked house keeping jobs until shed finished her CNA training at St. James Hospital in 1964. She then worked at the Silver Bow General Hospital in the Nursery. She loved the mother’s and their babies and still remembered their names. She retired in 1981. She then volunteered for the Butte Senior Companion Program until her late eighties. She loved helping the elderly in anyway she could.
She and her good friend Rita Zeigler were the First Senior Companions to start the program and got their picture taken with Governor Judy Martz after twenty years with the program. Anita was a Christian and loved the Lord and still at 97 knew all the words of the Hymns they sang at Church.
She loved her family. She was happiest on Holiday’s when she was surrounded by her family and all her grandchildren.
She also loved babies and they were her true joy. She loved helping people and taking care of the sick and elderly. She had many close friends and everyone loved her beautiful southern accent.
She is survived by her son; Louie Alton Herron, daughter Marla Jan Herron Bartzen and daughter and son-in-law; Teresa and Tom Allen. Grandchildren; Gina and Jim Brulla of Butte, Londa and Cory Spindler of Butte, Angie and Robert Long of Oklahoma, Jake and Cara Herron of Butte, Jerry Phillip of Butte, Kris and Catelyn Allen of Butte and Garret Allen of Missoula.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00AM at Duggan Dolan Mortuary.
Internment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Gone but not Forgotten, although we are apart your spirit lives with in us Forever in Our Hearts.
Duggan Dolan Mortuary Funeral Home Obituary 08/10/2016
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