Millicent Ann 'Mill' Kautz, 91

Millicent Ann "Mill" Kautz, 91, passed away March 5, 2007, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Whitefish. She was born to John and Anna (Brutosky) Dolin on June 6, 1915, in Belt, and graduated from high school there in 1933.

Mill was employed by the State of Montana in Helena, and for many years by Home Oil in Black Eagle.

On Nov. 9, 1947, she and William Kautz were married in Great Falls. They made their home in Lakewood, Colo., where she was a homemaker while their three children were small.

Mill then worked for the Employment Service of Colorado as a punch card tabulator, retiring in 1978. Her interests were ballroom dancing, crocheting, watching all sports, traveling by RV, and visiting Alaska and Montana.

Mill and Bill moved to Whitefish in October 2006, to be near family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; nine brothers and sisters; and a son, Duane, in February 2006.

Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Bill, at Riverside Senior Living in Whitefish; a son, Darrell Kautz, of Morgantown, W.V.; her daughter, D'Ann, and husband, Ron Wilhelm, of Columbia Falls; grandchildren, Alex Wilhelm of Columbia Falls and Bozeman, and Ketti Wilhelm of Columbia Falls.

At her request there will be no funeral. Inurnment will be at Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lakewood, Colo., at a later date.