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MONTANA BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS

Anaconda [Deer Lodge County]
Marriages
[Source: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com]
$1939 Jun 3 Eugene Chapel, age 24, born Minneapolis Minnesota [Residence] Shawmut, Wheatland, Montana, not previously married [Father] Clyde A Chapel [Mother] Enger Sterry & Marie Gale, age 25, born Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana [Residence] Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, not previously married [Father] Robert Gale [Mother] Christian Garrett [Marriage Place] Anaconda [Celebrant] John F Como, Rector and Priest, St Mark's [Episcopal] Church [Witnesses] Mona Gale, Kenneth Chapel [Source: Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org]

Big Timber (Sweet Grass County)
Births
$1924 Dec 4 Unnamed Chapel, female [Father] Clyde A Chapel, age 45, born Farmington Minn., occupation Farmer [Mother] Enger Sterry, age 31, born Stockholm S. D., 6 children living, 1 stillborn [Residence] Gibson Mont. [Source: Montana Sweet Grass County Records 1887-2011-FamilySearch.org-Birth Certificate]
$1926 Mar 1 Florence Harriet Chapel [Father] Clyde A Chapel, age 47, born Farmington Minn., occupation Farmer [Mother] Enger Sterry, age 33, born Stockholm S. D., 6 children living, 1 stillborn [Residence] Gibson Mont. [Source: Montana Sweet Grass County Records 1887-2011-FamilySearch.org-Birth Certificate]
1927 Apr 24 Lawrence Howard Chapel [Father] Clyde A Chapel, age 48, born Farmington Minn., occupation Farmer [Mother] Enger Sterry, age 34, born Stockholm S. D., 7 children living, 1 stillborn [Residence] Gibson Mont. [Source: Montana Sweet Grass County Records 1887-2011-FamilySearch.org-Birth Certificate]
$1929 Nov 13 Unnamed Chapel, female, [Father] Clyde A Chapel, age 51, born Farmington Minn., occupation Rancher [Mother] Enger Sterry, age 36, born Stockholm S. D., 8 children living, 1 stillborn [Residence] Shawmut Mont. [Source: Montana Sweet Grass County Records 1887-2011-FamilySearch.org-Birth Certificate]

Big Timber (Sweet Grass County)
Deaths

$1924 Dec 4 Clara Margrett Chapel [Death Place] Big Timber, still born premature birth [Father] C A Chapel, born Farmington Minn. [Mother] Enger Sterry, born South Dakota [Buried] 5 Dec 1924 Mountain View Cemetery, Big Timber [Informant] C A Chapel. [Source: Montana Sweet Grass County Records 1887-2011-FamilySearch.org]
$1977 Sep 14 Enger L Chapel, aged 85, Widowed [Social Security] 517-56-0914 [Occupation] Housewife [Born] 17 Jan 1892 [Birth Place] South Dakota [Father] John Sterry [Mother] not stated [Place of Death] Pioneer Nursing Home, Big Timber [Residence] 7th Avenue West, Big Timber [Informant] Mrs Fred Funk [Cause of Death] Congenital heart failure [Buried] 17 Sep 1977 Mountain View Cemetery, Big Timber (Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com)

Billings [Yellowstone County]
Marriages

$1950 Dec 19 Fred F Funk, 31, born on June 18 at Denver Colorado [Residence] Livingston Mont, not previously married [Father] J O Funk [Mother] Gladys Hedenskog & Avis Arneson, age 21, born 13 Nov at Big Timber [Residence] Livingston Mont, divorced [Father] Clyde Chapel [Mother] Enger Sterry [Marriage Place] Billings Montana [Celebrant] Rev A C Caton, Methodist Minister [Witnesses] Judith R Chapel, Laurence Chapel [Source: Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org]

Glasgow (Valley County)
Marriages

$1940 Oct 20 Norman E. Sterry, 29 yrs [born] Fillmore, N. Dak.[Residence] Fort Peck Mont. [Father] Olaf A Sterry [Mother] Margaret Andahl[sic], not previously married & Mary Ellen Cicon, 26 yrs [born] Alder, Mont. [Residence] Fort Peck Mont. [Father] Jake Cicon [Mother] Sophie Kravetz. Minister: Albert E Foley, Catholic Priest. Wit: Lillian M Zeihen, Edward J Donahue [Source: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com]

Great Falls (Cascade County)
Marriages

$1919 Apr 1 Clyde Chapel of Carter Mont, aged 41 yrs, born Minnesota, widower [Father] Edwin J Chapel [Mother] Clara Aldrich & Enger Sterry of Carter Mont, aged 26 yrs, born So. Dakota, Single [Father] Nels Sterry [Mother] Karn Hillstad Minister: Rev V B Scott Wit: Miss Ebba Borgreen, Margaret A Scott [Source: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com]
$1937 Jul 8 Alton R Sterry, 23 yrs [born] Hingham Mont [Residence] Hingham Mont. [Father] Olaf A Sterry [Mother] Margaret Amdahl & Nedra J Hanson, 19 yrs [born] Fort Benton Mont. [Residence] Havre Mont. [Father] Wm O Hanson [Mother] Adelia F Hamilton. Minister: A Lundle, Minister of the Gospel Lutheran Church. Witnesses: Maribelle Hanson, William Gehring [Source: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com]

Great Falls (Cascade County)
Deaths
$2013 Jan 25 Nedra Jane Sterry, aged 94, Widowed [Born] 13 Oct 1918 [Birth Place] Fort Benton, Montana [Father] Willard Hanson [Mother] Adelia Hamilton [Place of Death] Nursing home, Park Place Health Center, Great Falls [Occupation] Farm wife and homemaker [Residence] 1500 32nd St So, Great Falls [Informant] Craig Sterry, son [Cremated Great Falls Crematory [Cause of death] Dementia, Failure to thrive, Congestive heart failure [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

Havre (Hill County)
Marriages
$1919 May 29 John Sterry, 30 yrs [born] South Dakota [Residence] Colony Bay, Montana, not previously married [Father] Nels Sterry [Mother Maiden Name] Karn[sic] & Eudora Withee, 38 yrs [born] South Dakota [Residence] Colony Bay, previously married[sic] [Father] James Withee [Mother] Ada Fellows [Marriage Place] Havre Montana Minister: E J Huston. Wit: Anna B Tryon, Mrs E J Huston [Source: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com; Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org]

$1940 Nov 15 Edward A Hughes, Jr, age 25, Single, born Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota [Residence] Havre Montana [Father] Edward Hughes [Mother] May Gertrude Crawford & Bernice Susan Sterry, age 25, born Hingham, Hill, Montana, Single [Residence] Havre Montana [Father] Olaf A Sterry [Mother] Margaret Amdahl [Marriage Place] Havre, Montana [Celebrant] Lyman W Winkle, Minister [Witnesses] Mr and Mrs Alton Sterry [Source: Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org; Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com]

$1962 Jun 8 Richard Arden Sterry [Residence] Havre Montana [Age] 24 [Born] Havre Montana, Single [Father] Alton R Sterry [Mother] Nedra Jane Hanson & Cassandra Kay Kelly [Residence] Havre Montana [Age] 19 years [Born] DeSoto Iowa, Single [Father] Ora A Kelly [Mother] Enid Maxine Goltry. Minister James M Hunter, Methodist Minister [Cert No] 9049 [Source: Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987-Ancestry.com]

Havre (Hill County)
Deaths
$1956 Jul 31 Olaf Andreas Sterry, aged 72 [Born] 9 Jun 1884 [Birth Place] Eleva Wisc. [Death Place] Sacred Heart Hospital, Havre, Hill [Spouse] Margaret Amdahl [Residence] Gildford, Hill [Occupation] Farmer, Salesman McNess Company [Father's Name] unknown [Mother's Name] unknown [Cause of Death] Fractured skull due to accident at North Higham-collision with truck on July 30 [Buried] 8 Mar 1956 at Hingham Cemetery [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

$1970 Feb 25 Eudora Sterry, aged 89, Widowed [Date of Birth] 5 Jan 1881 [Born] Dakota [Place of Death] Luthereran Home of the Good Shepherd, Havre [Social Security] 516-54-1306 [Occupation] Housewife [Residence] Loma, Chouteau County, Montana [Father] James A Withee [Mother] Ada Josephine Fellows [Informant] Mrs Jerry Jensen [Cause of Death] Arteriosclerotic heart disease, diabetes [Buried & Removal] 28 Feb 1970 Sunset Memorial Gardens, Great Falls, Montana [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

$2007 Feb 16 Bernice S. Hughes, aged 91 [Born 19 Jul 1915 [Birth Place] Hingham Montana [Father] Olaf A Sterry [Mother] Margaret [Place of Death] Nursing home, Northern Montana Care Center, Havre [Occcupation] Homemaker [Residence] 24 West 13th Street Havre [Informant] Veronica K Ronni Nault, Daughter [Buried] Highland Cemetery, Havre [Cause of Death] Acute cardiopulmonary arrest [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

Hingham [Hill County]
Deaths

$2007 May 20 Alan Leroy Sterry, age 62 [Place of Death] 13545 Rd 50 North Farm res in unattached gar, 6 miles north of Hingham MT [Born] 26 Aug 1944 [Birth Place] Havre Montana, never married [Occupation] Farmer [Residence [ 13545 Road 50 No. [Father] Alton Richard Sterry [Mother] Nedra Hanson [Informant] Craig R Sperry[sic], Brother [Buried] Hingham Cemetery [Cause of Death] Suicide-Gunshot wound to the chest-shot himself in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle in garage at farm residence [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

$2007 Feb 16 Bernice S. Hughes, aged 91 [Born 19 Jul 1915 [Birth Place] Hingham Montana [Father] Olaf A Sterry [Mother] Margaret Amdahl [Place of Death] Nursing home, Northern Montana Care Center, Havre [Occupation] Homemaker [Residence] 24 West 13th Street Havre [Informant] Veronica K Ronni Nault, Daughter [Buried] Highland Cemetery, Havre [Cause of Death] Acute cardiopulmonary arrest [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

Joplin [Liberty County]
Deaths
$1971 Jan 5 Delos Walter Sterry, age 53, never married [Born] 19 Jul 1917 [Birth Place] Montana [Death Place] 7 Miles S. of Joplin [Father] Olaf A Sterry [Mother] Margaret M Amdahl [Social Security] 516-32-5552 [Occupation] Farm Laborer [Residence] Joplin Rural [Informant] Alton Sterry [Cause of Death] Exposure due to intoxication [Buried] 11 Jan 1971 at Highland Cemetery, Havre [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

[Lewis & Clarke County]
Births

$1918 Jul 8 Edwin Sterry, male [Place of Birth] Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana [Father] Clyde Chapel, born Minnesota occupation Farmer [Mother] Enger Sterry, born Stockholm S. D., 2nd child [Residence] Carter Montana [Source: Montana County Births and Deaths 1840-2004-FamilySearch.org]

[Lewis & Clarke County]
Deaths

1903 Oct 16 Charles Sterry [Date and Place of Birth] not shown [Cause of Death] old age [Buried] County Cemetery, Lot 17, 2 [Nearest Relative or Friend] None, Lived near M C Depot, Known also as Charles Hooper [Source: Montana County Births and Deaths 1840-2004-FamilySearch.org]

1918 Jul 13(Filed-name of child and date of death not indicated) [Mother] Enger Sterry [Mother's Age] not shown [Residence] Carter Mont [Mother's Birthplace] Stockholm S.D. [Number of Child] 2, living [Source: Montana County Births and Deaths 1840-2004-FamilySearch.org]

Livingston [Park County]
Marriages

$1947 May 28 Clarence Chapel, age 25, born Great Falls Montana [Residence] Clyde Park, Montana, not previously married [Father] Clyde Chapel [Mother] Enger Sterry & Isabell Allabaugh, age 18, born Nanticoke [Luzerne] Pennsylvania [Residence] Clyde Park, Montana, not previously married [Father] Edward Allabaugh [Mother] Marion Stella Thomas [Marriage Place] Livingston Montana [Celebrant] M A Clayton, J P [Witnesses] Viola Jacobs, Clarence Kirscher [Source: Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org]

Loma [Chouteau County]
Deaths
$1955 Nov 18 John Sterry, age 66 [Birth Date] 14 Dec 1888 [Birth Place] South Dakota [Father] Nels Sterry [Mother] Karen Hilstead [Spouse] Eudora Withee [Armed Service] 1917-1919 [Death Place] 12 Mi. N.W. Loma [Occupation] Farmer [Informant] Mrs John Sterry [Cause of Death] Coronary Occlusion [Burial & Removal] 23 Nov 1955 Sunset Memorial Gardens, Great Falls [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

Missoula [Missoula County]
Deaths

$1997 Mar 24 Alton Richard Sterry, aged 83 [Born] 28 Oct 1913 [Birth Place] Higham [Father] Olaf Sterry [Mother] Margaret Amdahl [Spouse] Nedra Hanson [Place of Death] St Patrick Hospital, Missoula [Occupation] Farmer [Social Security] 517-16-1545 [Residence] 72452 Highway 93, Polson, Lake County [Ancestry] Norwegian [Buried] Hingham Cemetery [Cause of death] Subdural Nematoma, fall with blow to head-fell down stairs at his home at Polson [Source: Montana State Deaths 1907-2016-Ancestry.com]

Superior [Mineral County]
Marriages

$1946 Jun 28 Maxston J Arneson, age 23, Born Corinth, Burke, North Dakota [Residence] Idaho Falls Idaho [Father] Oscar Arneson [Mother] Unknown & Avis M Chapel, age 18, born Big Timber, Sweetgrass, Montana [Residence] Shawmet Montana [Father] Clyde Chapel [Mother] Enger Sterry [Marriage Place] Superior Mineral Montana [Witnesses] Lawrence, Judith Chapel [Celebrant] Chas Brockway J P [Source: Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org]
$1946 Jun 28 Lawrence Chapel, age 21, born Big Timber, Sweetgrass, Montana [Residence] Shawmet, Montana, not previously married [Father] Clyde Chapel [Mother] Enger Sterry & Judith R Mack, age 18, born Big Timber [Residence] Big Timber Montana, not previously married [Father] Harry Mack [Mother] Theressa Nevin [Marriage Place] Superior [Celebrant] Chas Brockway, J P [Witnesses] Maxston J Arneson, Avis M Arneson [Source: Montana County Marriages 1865-1950-FamilySearch.org]

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