Rebecca Dolores Flynn was born on an Indian Reservation at Fort Belknap hospital in Mar 1933, near Harlem, in northern Montana. She died last week at the end of a life well-lived. In between, she had garnished a college education, lived in several cities around the Western United States, married our father, John T Flynn, and raised her two children on her own when he died nineteen years later. Being born an Indian of the Gros Venture Nation at birth, during the Great Depression, she understood the barriers and bigotry of racism and as she overcame them in her personal life she taught her children to hate those same barriers in whatever form they took. She lived to see the election of thirteen presidents, John Kennedy being her favorite of course. Before her retirement she worked for several government agencies which include; BLM, IRs and finally INS, where she spent the majority of her career. She used to love to tell the tale of the infamous brothel owner Joe Conforte who routinely came into the INS office with his girls, who he imported from Brazil, to be naturalized. During this time she raised her children to believe in God and the equality of all mankind. It was also during this time that she learned what it was to be a Police officer's wife, which is never without incident. Most notable was the time her husband, John, was shot in downtown Reno, NV by a man who robbed then attorney Bob Rose's office. It was her grace under pressure which nursed her husband back to health and her children out of the shock of almost losing their father. Her grace was called upon again, however, when her husband died in 1977. Her love for her children and her belief in God were well evident during those days of turmoil as she continued to work and pay for her children's education. Becoming a traveler after her retirement she visited her husband's home town of Great Falls, RI and Washington DC just to mention a few. She also was a wonderful Grandmother to her grandchildren Erin, Morgan, Caitlin and Drew Etnyre who she helped raise. During her latter years her courage was called upon again as her health began to wane. Never a complaint was heard as she endured several eye operations and though her hopes never dimmed for a complete recovery of her eyesight her ability to see did.