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Florabel Wash
Florabel Wash, 92, of Broadus died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, in the Powder River Manor at Broadus.
Florabel Harkins Wash was born Nov. 26, 1908, in the family home near Fletcher, Okla., the eighth of 10 children born to James and Mary Fuchs Harkins. She was six years of age when her father came to Montana to look for a homestead. They settled on the west side of the Chalk Buttes in Carter County. Mrs. Wash remembered the long train ride from Oklahoma to Belle Fourche, S.D., and then the long wagon ride from Belle Fourche to the ranch. She had many stories about the family doings and their pets. She especially loved cats, sheep and horses and being outdoors.
Mrs. Wash attended rural schools near the ranch area. During her freshman year at Ekalaka, she played basketball. After a one-year school absence to help the family, she returned to school in Broadus, many times riding horseback from the Castleberry ranch. She played three years on the Broadus girls' basketball team and graduated from high school in 1928.
She and John Edwards also were married in 1928. They lived and worked on the Edwards ranch.
Their daughter, Noralla Bea, was born on Nov. 10, 1933. Mr. Edwards died shortly after. She herded sheep for various ranches for some time. On Oct. 18, 1935, she and Charlie "Pod" Wash were married in Belle Fourche. They worked on the Clyde Sandon ranch and worked a small ranch of their own. They took over the Harkins' home ranch in 1937, but in 1940, they moved to Grants Pass, Ore., to work closer to family. A year later, they moved back to the ranch where, over the years, they raised five children, horses, sheep and cattle on her parents' homestead.
They later bought a ranch in Powder River County near Sayle. In 1961, they left ranching and moved to Fruitdale, S.D., for a short time. After Mr. Wash received his barbering license, they moved to Broadus where they made their home.
Mrs. Wash worked at many jobs during that time and finished her last number of years of employment at the Clerk and Recorders Office in Broadus until she retired in 1980.
She enjoyed playing piano duets with her friend, Glenn Henke. She also enjoyed her family, talking about old times, her friends and neighbors, her pets, good jokes and lots of music.
Survivors include her 101-year-old sister, Zettie Castleberry of Glasgow; her daughter, Noralla Thomas of Alzada; her sons, Harlen Wash, and his wife, Diane, of Sandy, Utah, Glenn Wash, and his wife, Carol, and Warren Wash, and his wife, Darlene, all of Broadus, and Mick Wash, and his wife, Joann, of Watford City, N.D.; 17 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her first husband, John Edwards, she was preceded in death by her second husband of 51 years, Pod Wash; five brothers, Francis, Roy, Delbert, Amos and Odis Harkins; and three sisters, Callie Burt, Della Johnson and Daisy Griffin.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, in the Powder River Congregational Church at Broadus. The Rev. Karalee Mulkey will officiate. Interment will follow in the Valley View Cemetery at Broadus.
Stevenson and Sons Funeral Home of Broadus is in charge of arrangements.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Powder River Scholarship Fund or to the charity of one's choice.
Lydia Wolf
Lydia Helen Wolf, 93, of Beulah, N.D., mother of Audrey Sasse of Miles City, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000, at Sakakawea Medical Center in Hazen, N.D.
Born Sept. 26, 1907, near Hazen, she was the daughter of Samuel and Marie Schuh Miller. She grew up on her parents' farm north of Hazen where she attended rural school.
On Jan. 3, 1929, she and Herbert J. Wolf were married at Krem, N.D. They farmed north of Hazen from 1929 to 1934. In 1934, they moved to Fort Peck and in 1937, they moved to Beulah where she had resided since.
For many years, Mrs. Wolf was a seamstress and sewed many cheerleading outfits, formals and wedding gowns. Her passion was making quilts for her children and grandchildren.
In 1975 she was Mercer County Mother of the Year and in 1976 she was North Dakota Merit Mother. She enjoyed her yard, flowers and loved her Lord. She was active in the Zion Church for 63 years.
In addition to her daughter and son-in-law, Audrey and Herbert Sasse of Miles City, her survivors include her husband of 71 years, Herbert J. Wolf of Beulah; one son, and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Jan Wolf of Billings; two other daughters and sons-in-law, Geneis and Ruben Brunmeier of Washburn, N.D., and Carrie and Myron Hafner of Beulah; 12 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Survivors also include two brothers and sisters-in-law, Oscar and Marvel Miller and Walter and Eleanor Miller, all of Hazen; four sisters, Hulda Oster and Elsie Urness, both of Beulah, Regina Knoell of Hazen and Frieda and Cecil Berg of Stanton.
She was preceded in death by one son, Garvin; two brothers, Reinhold and Art Miller; and two sisters, Pauline Knoell and Martha Heth; and one great-grandchild, Breanna Nicole Gruba.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, in the Zion Lutheran Church at Beulah. The Rev. Kris Nyman will officiate. Burial will follow in the Beulah City Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Seibel Funeral Home of Beulah and Hazen.
Cassie Haydal
Cassie Haydal, 18, of Miles City, daughter of Greg and Mary Haydal, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000, in St. Vincent Hospital at Billings surrounded by love and prayer with her family.
Cassie was born Aug. 14, 1982, in Miles City, the daughter of Greg and Mary Was Haydal. She attended St. Francis School through the third grade in Billings.
The family moved to Miles City where she went to Kircher Country School through the sixth grade and Washington Middle School. Cassie currently was a senior at Custer County District High School.
Cassie enjoyed music, poetry, people, working with children, basketball and especially watching her sister play basketball. At the time of her death, she was coaching her sisterÔs team.
A highlight in Cassie's life was a trip to France with her French class this summer. She planned to attend the University of Montana-Missoula and major in childhood psychology and minor in journalism.
Her survivors include her parents of Miles City; a sister, Nicole Lee Haydal of the family home; her grandparents, Leona Vetter of Miles City and Richard and Vivian Was of Warren, Ohio; her aunts and uncles, Kim and Jim Miller of Cleveland, Ohio, Alice Lashchuk of Wadworth, Ohio, and William and Sharon Harris of Kamas, Wash.; numerous cousins and extended family; and a special love, Levi Meidinger of Miles City.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Harlan Haydal in 1985.
Before Cassie left this life, her final gift was the donation of her cornea and tissues to the Norwest Tissue Center and the Rocky Mountains Lions Eye Bank. Up to 22 people will be helped.
Vigil services will be Sunday, Nov. 19, 2000, at 7 p.m. in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, Nov. 20, 2000, at 2 p.m. in the Sacred Heart School Gymnasium. The Rev. Gil Hemauer-Capuchin will be the celebrant. Rite of Committal will follow in the Custer County Cemetery.
Should friends desire, memorials may be made to R.O.C.K.S., an after school program where Cassie volunteered her time.
