Annette Trinity-Stevens died Sunday evening, March 4, 2007. She was 46 years old. A long-time MSU employee, Annette recently held the position of news director at MSU.
In the fall of 2006, Annette was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Unlike many metastatic cancers, her disease had an "unknown primary" origin. In addition to working with Dr. Annie Castillo in Bozeman, she consulted specialists at the Mayo Clinic and the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle.
Always of good cheer, she fought the disease valiantly. Annette made it through December and January and was hoping for an early spring trip to Utah to take in the wildflowers and the desert sun.
However, her health declined dramatically in early February. After almost two weeks in the hospital, Annette was taken home. She dropped into a deep sleep on a Sunday morning and never woke up. Her family was present when she died.
A native Montanan, Annette Kathleen Trinity was born April 30, 1960, in Helena. She was one of five girls born to John and Noel Trinity. Annette attended grade school in Missoula and graduated from Sentinel High School in Missoula in 1978. Always an excellent student, Annette enjoyed poetry, great writing and playing the violin.
As a child, she attended Lindisfarne/Camp Marshall, an Episcopal Church camp on Flathead Lake. It was a magical place for her. While working there in the summer of 1978 she met David Stevens. Eventually David and Annette would marry and have two children: Derek Richard, born in 1991, and Emily Aidan, born in 1996.
Annette started her college career as a drama major at the University of Montana. She eventually switched to English and began working part time U of M's news and publication department. That experience gave her a professional direction that she would follow until her death.
Graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1984, she moved to Bozeman to join David. Like many newcomers she tackled a variety of jobs. However, Annette never drifted too far from good books and great writing. She worked at Poor Richard's Bookstore and was a free-lance writer and editor.
Her experience and perseverance eventually landed her a job writing for the MSU Research Department. One of the many assignments she enjoyed was taking extensive road trips of Montana and talking with the editors and publishers of many of the smaller newspapers.
In 2003 Annette became the News Director for MSU. She liked her job and had immense respect for her fellow staff members and colleagues. In turn, she was a beloved supervisor and manager admired by fellow employees as well as journalists throughout the state who respected her professionalism and judgment.
Like many young women, Annette felt her greatest accomplishment in life was being a mother. She always managed to carve out time for her children and maintain that delicate balance between a home life and a professional career.
Annette enjoyed reading, listening to music, having coffee with friends and playing the violin. She liked the outdoors, often starting the day walking around the Bozeman ponds. She exercised regularly, even after being diagnosed with cancer.
Some of Annette's best times were spent with her family skiing and ice skating. Her last family outing was a seven-mile hike to Lava Lake on Labor Day weekend.
She was preceded in death by her beloved great-aunt Jessie Taylor.
Annette is survived by her immediate family: husband, David, and children, Derek and Emily. She is also survived by her mother and stepfather, Noel and Peter Walther of Polson, and her father and stepmother, John and Martha Trinity of Havre.
Her siblings are: Richard and (Lois) Trinity of Red Oak, Iowa; Brigit and (Steven) Larson of Des Moines, Wash.; Rebbeca Kerner of Rock Island, Ill.; Gretchen Webster of Missoula; Sue and (John) Crissey of Kent, Wash.; Rachel and (Robert) Krug of Helena.
Annette enjoyed visiting with her many nephews,nieces. in-laws and cousins. By marriage she is related to the following local people: Ardis A. Stevens of Bozeman; David Ray and Nike Stevens of Wilsal; Steven and Debbie Shope of Bozeman.
Having married into a family descended from pioneers, she is connected to the following family names that have been in the West since the 1850s and Montana since the 1870s: Shope, Hyatt, Stevens, Wright, Rutledge and Stinson.
Annette was a true friend, a gifted writer, a first-rate mom, a steady and trusting sister and a loving and faithful wife. She possessed a keen intellect, playful demeanor and a great sense of humor. She will truly be missed.
Her funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bozeman. A reception will follow at Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman. Both churches are located within a one block radius of each other. Internment will be at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman that afternoon.
Memorials can be sent to Lindisfarne Fund, 312 Stillwater Ave., Bozeman, MT, 59718.
Further e-mail questions about Annette can directed to: [email protected].
Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on 3/10/2007.
In the fall of 2006, Annette was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Unlike many metastatic cancers, her disease had an "unknown primary" origin. In addition to working with Dr. Annie Castillo in Bozeman, she consulted specialists at the Mayo Clinic and the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle.
Always of good cheer, she fought the disease valiantly. Annette made it through December and January and was hoping for an early spring trip to Utah to take in the wildflowers and the desert sun.
However, her health declined dramatically in early February. After almost two weeks in the hospital, Annette was taken home. She dropped into a deep sleep on a Sunday morning and never woke up. Her family was present when she died.
A native Montanan, Annette Kathleen Trinity was born April 30, 1960, in Helena. She was one of five girls born to John and Noel Trinity. Annette attended grade school in Missoula and graduated from Sentinel High School in Missoula in 1978. Always an excellent student, Annette enjoyed poetry, great writing and playing the violin.
As a child, she attended Lindisfarne/Camp Marshall, an Episcopal Church camp on Flathead Lake. It was a magical place for her. While working there in the summer of 1978 she met David Stevens. Eventually David and Annette would marry and have two children: Derek Richard, born in 1991, and Emily Aidan, born in 1996.
Annette started her college career as a drama major at the University of Montana. She eventually switched to English and began working part time U of M's news and publication department. That experience gave her a professional direction that she would follow until her death.
Graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1984, she moved to Bozeman to join David. Like many newcomers she tackled a variety of jobs. However, Annette never drifted too far from good books and great writing. She worked at Poor Richard's Bookstore and was a free-lance writer and editor.
Her experience and perseverance eventually landed her a job writing for the MSU Research Department. One of the many assignments she enjoyed was taking extensive road trips of Montana and talking with the editors and publishers of many of the smaller newspapers.
In 2003 Annette became the News Director for MSU. She liked her job and had immense respect for her fellow staff members and colleagues. In turn, she was a beloved supervisor and manager admired by fellow employees as well as journalists throughout the state who respected her professionalism and judgment.
Like many young women, Annette felt her greatest accomplishment in life was being a mother. She always managed to carve out time for her children and maintain that delicate balance between a home life and a professional career.
Annette enjoyed reading, listening to music, having coffee with friends and playing the violin. She liked the outdoors, often starting the day walking around the Bozeman ponds. She exercised regularly, even after being diagnosed with cancer.
Some of Annette's best times were spent with her family skiing and ice skating. Her last family outing was a seven-mile hike to Lava Lake on Labor Day weekend.
She was preceded in death by her beloved great-aunt Jessie Taylor.
Annette is survived by her immediate family: husband, David, and children, Derek and Emily. She is also survived by her mother and stepfather, Noel and Peter Walther of Polson, and her father and stepmother, John and Martha Trinity of Havre.
Her siblings are: Richard and (Lois) Trinity of Red Oak, Iowa; Brigit and (Steven) Larson of Des Moines, Wash.; Rebbeca Kerner of Rock Island, Ill.; Gretchen Webster of Missoula; Sue and (John) Crissey of Kent, Wash.; Rachel and (Robert) Krug of Helena.
Annette enjoyed visiting with her many nephews,nieces. in-laws and cousins. By marriage she is related to the following local people: Ardis A. Stevens of Bozeman; David Ray and Nike Stevens of Wilsal; Steven and Debbie Shope of Bozeman.
Having married into a family descended from pioneers, she is connected to the following family names that have been in the West since the 1850s and Montana since the 1870s: Shope, Hyatt, Stevens, Wright, Rutledge and Stinson.
Annette was a true friend, a gifted writer, a first-rate mom, a steady and trusting sister and a loving and faithful wife. She possessed a keen intellect, playful demeanor and a great sense of humor. She will truly be missed.
Her funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bozeman. A reception will follow at Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman. Both churches are located within a one block radius of each other. Internment will be at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman that afternoon.
Memorials can be sent to Lindisfarne Fund, 312 Stillwater Ave., Bozeman, MT, 59718.
Further e-mail questions about Annette can directed to: [email protected].
Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on 3/10/2007.
Annette Trinity-Stevens died Sunday evening, March 4, 2007. She was 46 years old. A long-time MSU employee, Annette recently held the position of news director at MSU.
In the fall of 2006, Annette was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Unlike many metastatic cancers, her disease had an "unknown primary" origin. In addition to working with Dr. Annie Castillo in Bozeman, she consulted specialists at the Mayo Clinic and the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle.
Always of good cheer, she fought the disease valiantly. Annette made it through December and January and was hoping for an early spring trip to Utah to take in the wildflowers and the desert sun.
However, her health declined dramatically in early February. After almost two weeks in the hospital, Annette was taken home. She dropped into a deep sleep on a Sunday morning and never woke up. Her family was present when she died.
A native Montanan, Annette Kathleen Trinity was born April 30, 1960, in Helena. She was one of five girls born to John and Noel Trinity. Annette attended grade school in Missoula and graduated from Sentinel High School in Missoula in 1978. Always an excellent student, Annette enjoyed poetry, great writing and playing the violin.
As a child, she attended Lindisfarne/Camp Marshall, an Episcopal Church camp on Flathead Lake. It was a magical place for her. While working there in the summer of 1978 she met David Stevens. Eventually David and Annette would marry and have two children: Derek Richard, born in 1991, and Emily Aidan, born in 1996.
Annette started her college career as a drama major at the University of Montana. She eventually switched to English and began working part time U of M's news and publication department. That experience gave her a professional direction that she would follow until her death.
Graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1984, she moved to Bozeman to join David. Like many newcomers she tackled a variety of jobs. However, Annette never drifted too far from good books and great writing. She worked at Poor Richard's Bookstore and was a free-lance writer and editor.
Her experience and perseverance eventually landed her a job writing for the MSU Research Department. One of the many assignments she enjoyed was taking extensive road trips of Montana and talking with the editors and publishers of many of the smaller newspapers.
In 2003 Annette became the News Director for MSU. She liked her job and had immense respect for her fellow staff members and colleagues. In turn, she was a beloved supervisor and manager admired by fellow employees as well as journalists throughout the state who respected her professionalism and judgment.
Like many young women, Annette felt her greatest accomplishment in life was being a mother. She always managed to carve out time for her children and maintain that delicate balance between a home life and a professional career.
Annette enjoyed reading, listening to music, having coffee with friends and playing the violin. She liked the outdoors, often starting the day walking around the Bozeman ponds. She exercised regularly, even after being diagnosed with cancer.
Some of Annette's best times were spent with her family skiing and ice skating. Her last family outing was a seven-mile hike to Lava Lake on Labor Day weekend.
She was preceded in death by her beloved great-aunt Jessie Taylor.
Annette is survived by her immediate family: husband, David, and children, Derek and Emily. She is also survived by her mother and stepfather, Noel and Peter Walther of Polson, and her father and stepmother, John and Martha Trinity of Havre.
Her siblings are: Richard and (Lois) Trinity of Red Oak, Iowa; Brigit and (Steven) Larson of Des Moines, Wash.; Rebbeca Kerner of Rock Island, Ill.; Gretchen Webster of Missoula; Sue and (John) Crissey of Kent, Wash.; Rachel and (Robert) Krug of Helena.
Annette enjoyed visiting with her many nephews,nieces. in-laws and cousins. By marriage she is related to the following local people: Ardis A. Stevens of Bozeman; David Ray and Nike Stevens of Wilsal; Steven and Debbie Shope of Bozeman.
Having married into a family descended from pioneers, she is connected to the following family names that have been in the West since the 1850s and Montana since the 1870s: Shope, Hyatt, Stevens, Wright, Rutledge and Stinson.
Annette was a true friend, a gifted writer, a first-rate mom, a steady and trusting sister and a loving and faithful wife. She possessed a keen intellect, playful demeanor and a great sense of humor. She will truly be missed.
Her funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bozeman. A reception will follow at Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman. Both churches are located within a one block radius of each other. Internment will be at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman that afternoon.
Memorials can be sent to Lindisfarne Fund, 312 Stillwater Ave., Bozeman, MT, 59718.
Further e-mail questions about Annette can directed to: [email protected].
Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on 3/10/2007.
In the fall of 2006, Annette was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Unlike many metastatic cancers, her disease had an "unknown primary" origin. In addition to working with Dr. Annie Castillo in Bozeman, she consulted specialists at the Mayo Clinic and the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle.
Always of good cheer, she fought the disease valiantly. Annette made it through December and January and was hoping for an early spring trip to Utah to take in the wildflowers and the desert sun.
However, her health declined dramatically in early February. After almost two weeks in the hospital, Annette was taken home. She dropped into a deep sleep on a Sunday morning and never woke up. Her family was present when she died.
A native Montanan, Annette Kathleen Trinity was born April 30, 1960, in Helena. She was one of five girls born to John and Noel Trinity. Annette attended grade school in Missoula and graduated from Sentinel High School in Missoula in 1978. Always an excellent student, Annette enjoyed poetry, great writing and playing the violin.
As a child, she attended Lindisfarne/Camp Marshall, an Episcopal Church camp on Flathead Lake. It was a magical place for her. While working there in the summer of 1978 she met David Stevens. Eventually David and Annette would marry and have two children: Derek Richard, born in 1991, and Emily Aidan, born in 1996.
Annette started her college career as a drama major at the University of Montana. She eventually switched to English and began working part time U of M's news and publication department. That experience gave her a professional direction that she would follow until her death.
Graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in 1984, she moved to Bozeman to join David. Like many newcomers she tackled a variety of jobs. However, Annette never drifted too far from good books and great writing. She worked at Poor Richard's Bookstore and was a free-lance writer and editor.
Her experience and perseverance eventually landed her a job writing for the MSU Research Department. One of the many assignments she enjoyed was taking extensive road trips of Montana and talking with the editors and publishers of many of the smaller newspapers.
In 2003 Annette became the News Director for MSU. She liked her job and had immense respect for her fellow staff members and colleagues. In turn, she was a beloved supervisor and manager admired by fellow employees as well as journalists throughout the state who respected her professionalism and judgment.
Like many young women, Annette felt her greatest accomplishment in life was being a mother. She always managed to carve out time for her children and maintain that delicate balance between a home life and a professional career.
Annette enjoyed reading, listening to music, having coffee with friends and playing the violin. She liked the outdoors, often starting the day walking around the Bozeman ponds. She exercised regularly, even after being diagnosed with cancer.
Some of Annette's best times were spent with her family skiing and ice skating. Her last family outing was a seven-mile hike to Lava Lake on Labor Day weekend.
She was preceded in death by her beloved great-aunt Jessie Taylor.
Annette is survived by her immediate family: husband, David, and children, Derek and Emily. She is also survived by her mother and stepfather, Noel and Peter Walther of Polson, and her father and stepmother, John and Martha Trinity of Havre.
Her siblings are: Richard and (Lois) Trinity of Red Oak, Iowa; Brigit and (Steven) Larson of Des Moines, Wash.; Rebbeca Kerner of Rock Island, Ill.; Gretchen Webster of Missoula; Sue and (John) Crissey of Kent, Wash.; Rachel and (Robert) Krug of Helena.
Annette enjoyed visiting with her many nephews,nieces. in-laws and cousins. By marriage she is related to the following local people: Ardis A. Stevens of Bozeman; David Ray and Nike Stevens of Wilsal; Steven and Debbie Shope of Bozeman.
Having married into a family descended from pioneers, she is connected to the following family names that have been in the West since the 1850s and Montana since the 1870s: Shope, Hyatt, Stevens, Wright, Rutledge and Stinson.
Annette was a true friend, a gifted writer, a first-rate mom, a steady and trusting sister and a loving and faithful wife. She possessed a keen intellect, playful demeanor and a great sense of humor. She will truly be missed.
Her funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bozeman. A reception will follow at Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman. Both churches are located within a one block radius of each other. Internment will be at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Bozeman that afternoon.
Memorials can be sent to Lindisfarne Fund, 312 Stillwater Ave., Bozeman, MT, 59718.
Further e-mail questions about Annette can directed to: [email protected].
Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle on 3/10/2007.
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