Marjorie (Lehman) Walker was the third child born to Bill and Ethel Lehman of Highwood, Montana. She grew up on their family ranch in the Highwood Mountains with her two brothers and three sisters. She learned what it was to have a self-reliant homestead where they raised a large garden, cattle, and chickens unaware of the impact of the Great Depression. That life built a strong work ethic and character in her that she later impressed upon her children.
She had fond memories of growing up in the mountains and talked often about adventures and escapades with her siblings and keeping up with chores like collecting eggs while trying to avoid the rooster. She enjoyed frequent pinochle games with her family and developed close and enduring relationships with her brothers and sisters.
Marjorie graduated from Highwood High School and married John Walker on April 8, 1951. They raised their three children on the Crystal Springs Ranch in Highwood. She was passionate about her family. She helped coach high school track so her two daughters and other girls could have a track team. (She played some basketball in her high school days.) She was a 4-H leader for many years. With her ready laugh and loving nature, she was a Mom/Grandma to many friends of her kids and grandkids, and always had a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls, chili, and apple pie on hand. (She made the best apple pie!)
Under her watchful eye, Marjorie's kids and grandkids spent days on the farm and ranch riding horses, fishing and playing in the Highwood Creek, and hunting birds and deer. She would even help her grandkids catch bait for fishing and allow apple trees to be used as tree stands for deer, even though she wanted nothing to do with eating a fish or a deer. As the daughter of a rancher, she always preferred her beef and a hot cup of coffee. Perhaps now she is sitting beside her dad enjoying that never-ending cup of coffee and hamburger in heaven.
(Sources include obituary, Croxford Funeral Home, Great Falls, MT)
She had fond memories of growing up in the mountains and talked often about adventures and escapades with her siblings and keeping up with chores like collecting eggs while trying to avoid the rooster. She enjoyed frequent pinochle games with her family and developed close and enduring relationships with her brothers and sisters.
Marjorie graduated from Highwood High School and married John Walker on April 8, 1951. They raised their three children on the Crystal Springs Ranch in Highwood. She was passionate about her family. She helped coach high school track so her two daughters and other girls could have a track team. (She played some basketball in her high school days.) She was a 4-H leader for many years. With her ready laugh and loving nature, she was a Mom/Grandma to many friends of her kids and grandkids, and always had a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls, chili, and apple pie on hand. (She made the best apple pie!)
Under her watchful eye, Marjorie's kids and grandkids spent days on the farm and ranch riding horses, fishing and playing in the Highwood Creek, and hunting birds and deer. She would even help her grandkids catch bait for fishing and allow apple trees to be used as tree stands for deer, even though she wanted nothing to do with eating a fish or a deer. As the daughter of a rancher, she always preferred her beef and a hot cup of coffee. Perhaps now she is sitting beside her dad enjoying that never-ending cup of coffee and hamburger in heaven.
(Sources include obituary, Croxford Funeral Home, Great Falls, MT)
Marjorie (Lehman) Walker was the third child born to Bill and Ethel Lehman of Highwood, Montana. She grew up on their family ranch in the Highwood Mountains with her two brothers and three sisters. She learned what it was to have a self-reliant homestead where they raised a large garden, cattle, and chickens unaware of the impact of the Great Depression. That life built a strong work ethic and character in her that she later impressed upon her children.
She had fond memories of growing up in the mountains and talked often about adventures and escapades with her siblings and keeping up with chores like collecting eggs while trying to avoid the rooster. She enjoyed frequent pinochle games with her family and developed close and enduring relationships with her brothers and sisters.
Marjorie graduated from Highwood High School and married John Walker on April 8, 1951. They raised their three children on the Crystal Springs Ranch in Highwood. She was passionate about her family. She helped coach high school track so her two daughters and other girls could have a track team. (She played some basketball in her high school days.) She was a 4-H leader for many years. With her ready laugh and loving nature, she was a Mom/Grandma to many friends of her kids and grandkids, and always had a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls, chili, and apple pie on hand. (She made the best apple pie!)
Under her watchful eye, Marjorie's kids and grandkids spent days on the farm and ranch riding horses, fishing and playing in the Highwood Creek, and hunting birds and deer. She would even help her grandkids catch bait for fishing and allow apple trees to be used as tree stands for deer, even though she wanted nothing to do with eating a fish or a deer. As the daughter of a rancher, she always preferred her beef and a hot cup of coffee. Perhaps now she is sitting beside her dad enjoying that never-ending cup of coffee and hamburger in heaven.
(Sources include obituary, Croxford Funeral Home, Great Falls, MT)
She had fond memories of growing up in the mountains and talked often about adventures and escapades with her siblings and keeping up with chores like collecting eggs while trying to avoid the rooster. She enjoyed frequent pinochle games with her family and developed close and enduring relationships with her brothers and sisters.
Marjorie graduated from Highwood High School and married John Walker on April 8, 1951. They raised their three children on the Crystal Springs Ranch in Highwood. She was passionate about her family. She helped coach high school track so her two daughters and other girls could have a track team. (She played some basketball in her high school days.) She was a 4-H leader for many years. With her ready laugh and loving nature, she was a Mom/Grandma to many friends of her kids and grandkids, and always had a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls, chili, and apple pie on hand. (She made the best apple pie!)
Under her watchful eye, Marjorie's kids and grandkids spent days on the farm and ranch riding horses, fishing and playing in the Highwood Creek, and hunting birds and deer. She would even help her grandkids catch bait for fishing and allow apple trees to be used as tree stands for deer, even though she wanted nothing to do with eating a fish or a deer. As the daughter of a rancher, she always preferred her beef and a hot cup of coffee. Perhaps now she is sitting beside her dad enjoying that never-ending cup of coffee and hamburger in heaven.
(Sources include obituary, Croxford Funeral Home, Great Falls, MT)
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